Deaths

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Number of deaths grew slightly from the year before 12 Apr 2013 The number of deaths in 2012 was 51,710, which figure was last higher than this in the 1920s if the war years are not taken into account. The number of deaths was 1,120 higher in 2012 than in 2011. The number of deaths increased by 290 among men and by 830 among women. The number of deaths among women was last higher than this twenty years ago. If the war years are not taken into consideration, the number of deaths among men was last higher than this in 1929. Next release: Statistical releases will not be issued in English from these statistics in 2013.
Description:	The statistics on deaths cover persons permanently domiciled in Finland on the day of death. Statistical data on deaths are produced by a number of variables including age, gender, marital status, native language and nationality. The statistics on deaths contain no data on causes of death, on which data are available from the statistics on causes of death produced within health statistics. Read full description >>>
Keywords:	infant mortality, life expectancy, mortality, perinatal mortality, population, population changes, vital statistics. Statistics by keywords >>>

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Deaths [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-2545. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 8.10.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/kuol/index_en.html.

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