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In 2022, Finland witnessed a significant increase in mortality rates, primarily due to COVID-19. The disease accounted for nearly 7% of all deaths, claiming 4,349 lives. This marked a 7.7% rise in overall mortality compared to 2021, with a total of 63,200 deaths recorded last year, over 5,500 more than the previous year. While COVID-19 was a major factor, other causes contributed to the increase.
Statistic Finland’s mortality statistics report shows that a total of 952 people died from coronavirus disease in 2021. In 200 cases COVID-19 contributed to the death of a person in addition to an underlying disease. "People with coronavirus disease as a contributing cause of death were often multi-morbid. Nearly 40% of them had cardiovascular disease as the underlying cause of death and around 45% had memory problems or cancer," says Senior Specialist at Statistics Find Airi Pajunen.
Statistics Finland Neoplasms the most common cause of death for working-age people in 2019 According to Statistics Finland's statistics on causes of death, nearly 7,400 persons of working age, i.e. aged 15 to 64, died in 2019. The vast majority of them, two-thirds, were men. More than one half of deceased working-age people died of neoplasms and diseases of the circulatory system. Every tenth, or 700 persons, died in accidents and nearly 600 persons committed suicide. Causes of death for deaths at working age (aged 15 to 64) in 2000 to 2019 In Finland, ever fewer people of working age die. Wh...