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Releases

2020

• No major changes in causes of death compared to the previous year (10.12.2021)

2019

• Neoplasms the most common cause of death for working-age people in 2019 (14.12.2020)

2018

• More people died from drugs and alcohol than before (16.12.2019)

2017

• Over 1,200 died from accidental falls - the majority aged over 75 (17.12.2018)

2016

• Accidental and violent deaths have decreased by one-fifth in ten years (29.12.2017)

2015

• The number of suicides decreased further in 2015 (30.12.2016)

2014

• Fewer persons of working age than before die of diseases of the circulatory system (30.12.2015)

2013

• Persons who died of alcohol-related causes older than before (30.12.2014)

2012

• Three out of four of those who died from stumbles were aged over 70 (30.12.2013)

2011

• Alcohol mortality decreased further in 2011 (21.12.2012)

2010

• The number of suicides lowest in 40 years (16.12.2011)

2009

• Deaths from dementia more than doubled in two decades (17.12.2010)

Annual review

• Injuries caused by falls the most common reason for fatal accidents (22.2.2011)

2008

• Number of alcohol-related deaths has remained almost unchanged (18.12.2009)

2007

• Alcohol-related deaths continued to increase in 2007 (4.12.2008)

2006

• Leading causes of death among working-age people still alcohol-related (5.11.2007)

2005

• Leading cause of death for working-age men is alcohol-related in 2005 (31.10.2006)