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Published: 15 April 2010

Number of deaths went up slightly from the year before

In 2009, the number of deaths was 49,880, which is the highest figure in sixteen years. The number of deaths was 790 higher in 2009 than in 2008. The number of men’s deaths increased by 690 and that of women’s by 90. A higher number of women’s deaths was last recorded in 2003. If the war years are not taken into account, the number of men’s deaths was last higher than this in 1939.

Life expectancy of male and female children at age 0 in 1979–2009

Life expectancy went up fractionally for both of 0-year-old male and female children in 2009. The life expectancy of 0-year-olds indicates the number of years a person aged 0 would live provided that the rate of mortality remains unchanged. The increased life expectancy of 0-year-old male children proves that the grown number of deaths has been caused by a rise in the number of aged men and the ageing of the population rather than by a rise in the rate of mortality.

In 2009, the number of deaths of children during their first year of life was particularly low at 158. This was only one higher than a year earlier. The infant mortality figure for 2009 was the lowest during Finland’s independence. Infant mortality per 1,000 live births was 2.6.

Annual number of deaths in 2000–2009 by sex and deaths of 0-year-olds in 2000–2009

Year	Total	Men	Women	0-year-olds
2000	49 339	24 053	25 286	213
2001	48 550	23 783	24 787	181
2002	49 418	23 992	25 426	168
2003	48 996	23 922	25 074	176
2004	47 600	23 802	23 798	191
2005	47 928	24 057	23 871	174
2006	48 065	24 315	23 750	167
2007	49 077	24 809	24 268	161
2008	49 094	24 457	24 637	157
2009	49 883	25 150	24 733	158

In 2009 the number of deaths was highest in January. The highest number of deaths in January was last recorded in 2004. In 2005–2008, March was the commonest month of deaths.

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Matti Saari (09) 1734 3401

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Updated 15.4.2010