Health

Health and medical care

  1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Pharmacies 578 595 597 599 602 605 606 608 610 613
Head dispensers 1 351 1 902 1 964 2 022 2 073 2 116 2 180 2 299 2 337 2 399
Pharmacists 5 526 5 758 5 791 5 829 6 000 5 993 6 040 6 295 6 392 6 446
Physicians 12 091 15 905 16 110 16 446 16 633 16 849 17 101 l   18 507 18 843 19 114
 - persons per physician 412 325 322 316 313 310 307 l       285 281 279
Nurses 49 861 59 053 59 927 60 917 61 265 61 907 62 333 65 616 66 239 67 282
Practical nurses for social and health care - 36 363 38 734 42 855 47 227 52 304 57 414 63 289 68 902 74 652
Dentists 4 486 4 794 4 731 4 658 4 607 4 556 4 537 4 579 4 540 4 718
l   line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series

Source: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Table in Excel format suoluk_terv1.xls

Last Modified: 18.11.2009

 

Causes of death, 2007

Cause of death Deaths total %   Males % Females %
Cardiovascular diseases 20 193 41 9 650 39 10 543 43
Tumours 11 097 23 5 803 23 5 294 22
Dementia, Alzheimers disease 4 746 10 1 433 6 3 313 14
Respiratory diseases 2 232 5 1 365 6 867 4
Alcohol related diseases and accid. poisoning by alcohol 2 167 4 1 701 7 466 2
Gastrointestinal diseases 1 377 3 605 2 772 3
Other diseases 3 468 7 1 643 7 1 825 8
Accidents and violence 3 674 7 2 520 10 1 154 5
- suicides 995 2 751 3 244 1
No death certificate 139 0 85 0 54 0
Total 49 093 100 24 805 100 24 288 100

Source: Statistics Finland, Causes of Death Statistics

Table in Excel format suoluk_terv2.xls

Last Modified: 9.1.2009

 

Financing of health care expenditure

Year Public financing Private financing Total
State Local authorities Social Insurance Institution Households Other
%
1995 26,5 33,1 12,5 21,8 6,1 100
1996 22,1 36,9 12,9 21,9 6,2 100
1997 18,3 40,6 13,3 21,6 6,2 100
1998 16,5 41,6 13,7 21,9 6,3 100
1999 15,9 41,5 14,0 22,2 6,4 100
2000 17,8 39,4 13,9 22,3 6,7 100
2001 17,7 40,1 14,1 21,6 6,5 100
2002 17,6 40,4 14,3 21,2 6,5 100
2003 18,8 39,2 14,6 20,9 6,6 100
2004 20,4 37,7 14,9 20,5 6,5 100
2005 21,5 37,4 14,6 20,1 6,4 100
2006 22,2 37,8 14,7 19,0 6,3 100
2007 22,4 37,7 14,5 18,9 6,5 100
Total health care expenditure amounted to €7 554 million in 1995, to €9 554 million in 2000 and to €14 706 million in 2007.

Source: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Table in Excel format suoluk_terv3.xls

Last Modified: 12.3.2009


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