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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland
FINLAND		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
65.4
72.4
68.8
30
20
25
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
66.2
74.4
70.2
34
19
25
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
69.2
77.9
73.4
30
10
19
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
70.9
78.9
74.8
34
14
25
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
74.2
81.0
77.5
30
13
25
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
75.6
82.8
79.1
27
14
24
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Finland
FINLAND		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
75.6
82.8
27
14
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
77.8
84.4
33
16
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
77.8
84.4
33
17
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
77.9
84.5
33
16
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
78.0
84.6
34
16
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
78.3
84.7
34
16
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
78.6
84.8
35
16
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
78.9
84.9
35
16
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
79.2
85.0
35
16
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
79.6
85.3
35
14
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
80.3
85.6
34
14
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
81.0
86.0
34
14
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
82.0
86.6
33
13
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.3
87.2
34
13
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.8
88.0
34
16
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.6
89.1
37
22
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.9
90.5
37
32
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.7
92.7
43
37
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.0
95.5
44
47
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.8
99.0
46
53
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.1
58
60
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland
FINLAND		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
93.77
121
  
68.80
155
2 Alzheimers/Dementia
34.89
1
  
17.08
14
3 Stroke
33.54
167
  
36.89
160
4 Lung Cancers
19.67
63
  
30.98
18
5 Suicide
17.69
20
  
6.90
101
6 Breast Cancer
16.27
97
  
23.62
20
7 Liver Disease
16.12
50
  
9.48
96
8 Poisonings
13.90
11
  
2.81
89
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.59
69
  
15.49
33
10 Falls
10.10
15
  
3.51
109
11 Pancreas Cancer
9.38
7
  
6.81
39
12 Lung Disease
9.05
164
  
21.47
98
13 Prostate Cancer
7.03
81
  
8.21
58
14 Lymphomas
7.01
44
  
7.35
36
15 Inflammatory/Heart
6.32
93
  
2.97
152
16 Other Injuries
5.96
167
  
5.54
170
17 Hypertension
5.91
170
  
3.67
183
18 Road Traffic Accidents
5.69
171
  
4.77
180
19 Diabetes Mellitus
5.48
182
  
5.04
185
20 Stomach Cancer
5.44
119
  
4.81
130
21 Influenza & Pneumonia
3.97
191
  
23.69
125
22 Liver Cancer
3.79
146
  
3.07
164
23 Congenital Anomalies
3.63
166
  
3.68
164
24 Leukemia
3.62
110
  
4.39
63
25 Parkinson Disease
3.59
7
  
3.48
8
26 Ovary Cancer
3.02
54
  
3.96
20
27 Skin Cancers
2.36
36
  
2.74
32
28 Bladder Cancer
2.29
94
  
4.27
28
29 Kidney Disease
2.26
190
  
3.23
185
30 Violence
2.24
126
  
1.14
160
31 Other Neoplasms
2.11
126
  
2.95
92
32 Alcohol
1.98
41
  
1.10
76
33 Oesophagus Cancer
1.93
118
  
7.62
30
34 Oral Cancer
1.84
153
  
2.39
113
35 Drownings
1.76
136
  
0.35
187
36 Endocrine Disorders
1.65
172
  
3.13
147
37 Uterin Cancer
1.61
57
  
1.53
64
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.57
153
  
2.54
123
39 Epilepsy
1.33
124
  
1.57
104
40 Fires
1.17
116
  
0.45
158
41 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.99
17
  
0.67
68
42 Multiple Sclerosis
0.92
8
  
1.33
4
43 Low Birth Weight
0.91
181
  
3.39
144
44 Asthma
0.84
172
  
1.09
153
45 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.74
145
  
1.95
119
46 Cervical Cancer
0.71
184
  
1.38
161
47 Schizophrenia
0.55
57
  
0.06
144
48 Drug Use
0.52
72
  
2.14
27
49 Tuberculosis
0.46
164
  
0.41
170
50 Birth Trauma
0.37
184
  
0.64
166
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Finland
FINLAND		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
11,407
27.89
  
92,299
19.77
2 Alzheimers/Dementia
4,906
12.00
  
29,116
6.24
3 Stroke
4,106
10.04
  
55,919
11.98
4 Lung Cancers
1,989
4.86
  
35,845
7.68
5 Liver Disease
1,236
3.02
  
7,767
1.66
6 Falls
1,124
2.75
  
4,450
0.95
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,120
2.74
  
18,951
4.06
8 Suicide
1,062
2.60
  
4,660
1.00
9 Lung Disease
1,045
2.56
  
29,069
6.23
10 Pancreas Cancer
984
2.41
  
7,954
1.70
11 Poisonings
894
2.19
  
1,805
0.39
12 Breast Cancer
859
2.10
  
14,343
3.07
13 Prostate Cancer
825
2.02
  
11,508
2.46
14 Lymphomas
741
1.81
  
8,744
1.87
15 Hypertension
736
1.80
  
5,191
1.11
16 Stomach Cancer
544
1.33
  
6,006
1.29
17 Diabetes Mellitus
533
1.30
  
6,682
1.43
18 Inflammatory/Heart
525
1.28
  
3,014
0.65
19 Other Injuries
453
1.11
  
6,029
1.29
20 Influenza & Pneumonia
451
1.10
  
37,348
8.00
21 Parkinson Disease
451
1.10
  
5,348
1.15
22 Liver Cancer
397
0.97
  
3,470
0.74
23 Leukemia
352
0.86
  
5,077
1.09
24 Road Traffic Accidents
348
0.85
  
3,073
0.66
25 Ovary Cancer
298
0.73
  
4,366
0.94
26 Kidney Disease
285
0.70
  
4,804
1.03
27 Bladder Cancer
272
0.67
  
5,842
1.25
28 Other Neoplasms
246
0.60
  
3,829
0.82
29 Skin Cancers
231
0.56
  
2,947
0.63
30 Oesophagus Cancer
192
0.47
  
8,762
1.88
31 Congenital Anomalies
182
0.45
  
1,950
0.42
32 Uterin Cancer
178
0.44
  
1,852
0.40
33 Oral Cancer
173
0.42
  
2,428
0.52
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
168
0.41
  
3,294
0.71
35 Endocrine Disorders
159
0.39
  
3,056
0.65
36 Alcohol
159
0.39
  
862
0.18
37 Violence
123
0.30
  
703
0.15
38 Drownings
121
0.30
  
233
0.05
39 Rheumatoid Arthritis
115
0.28
  
905
0.19
40 Asthma
102
0.25
  
1,260
0.27
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
93
0.23
  
3,081
0.66
42 Fires
90
0.22
  
380
0.08
43 Epilepsy
88
0.22
  
1,201
0.26
44 Multiple Sclerosis
75
0.18
  
1,206
0.26
45 Cervical Cancer
62
0.15
  
1,322
0.28
46 Tuberculosis
58
0.14
  
443
0.09
47 Schizophrenia
58
0.14
  
80
0.02
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
47
0.11
  
1,204
0.26
49 Skin Disease
35
0.09
  
2,188
0.47
50 Low Birth Weight
30
0.07
  
1,386
0.30
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland
FINLAND		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
19.67
63
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
16.27
97
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.59
69
  
15.49
33
4 Pancreas Cancer
9.38
7
  
6.81
39
5 Prostate Cancer
7.03
81
  
8.21
58
6 Lymphomas
7.01
44
  
7.35
36
7 Stomach Cancer
5.44
119
  
4.81
130
8 Liver Cancer
3.79
146
  
3.07
164
9 Leukemia
3.62
110
  
4.39
63
10 Ovary Cancer
3.02
54
  
3.96
20
11 Skin Cancers
2.36
36
  
2.74
32
12 Bladder Cancer
2.29
94
  
4.27
28
13 Other Neoplasms
2.11
126
  
2.95
92
14 Oesophagus Cancer
1.93
118
  
7.62
30
15 Oral Cancer
1.84
153
  
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.61
57
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
0.71
184
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Finland
FINLAND		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
5,250,275
110
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
153
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
16.4 %
159
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
66.8 %
69
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
16.8 %
17
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.38
160
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.07
59
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.73
146
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
3.47
185
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.68
154
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
0.68
47
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.10
162
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
100.0
5
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
100.0
5
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
100.0
5
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.4
101
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
79.1
24
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
72.0
27
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$37,200
22
  
$36,600
23
 

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