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Published: 13 April 2012

Number of deaths decreased slightly from the year before

Corrected on 13 April 2012 at 11:40. The correction is indicated in red. Was previously lowest

In 2011, the number of deaths was 50,590, which is the second highest figure in eighteen years. The number of deaths was 300 lower in 2011 than in 2010. The number of deaths decreased by 200 among men and by 100 among women. Over the past ten years, women’s deaths numbered more than now in 2002 and 2010. If the war years are not taken into consideration, the number of men’s deaths was last higher than now in 1936.

Life expectancy of male and female children at birth in 1980–2011

Life expectancy went up fractionally for both 0-year-old male and female children in 2011. The preliminary figure of the life expectancy of 0-year-olds was for men 77.2 and for women 83.5 years. The life expectancy of 0-year-olds indicates the number of years a person aged 0 would live provided the rate of mortality remains unchanged. The grown life expectancy of men and women at age 0 proves that the increase in the number of deaths from years 2005–2009 has been caused by grown numbers of aged men and women, and the ageing of the population, rather than by risen rate of mortality.

In 2011, the number of children having died during their first year of life was particularly low at 143. The infant mortality figure for 2011 was the second lowest during Finland’s independence. Infant mortality per 1,000 live births was 2.4.

Annual number of deaths in 2000–2011 by sex and deaths of 0-year-olds in 2000–2011

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
2010	50 887	25 539	25 348	140
2011	50 585	25 335	25 250	143

The highest number of deaths was recorded in March, whereas December has the highest number of deaths in the previous year. The second highest number of deaths occurred in January, which also had the second highest number of deaths in the previous year. In 2005–2008, March had the highest number 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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• Appendix table 1. Deaths by month 2003 - 2011 (13.4.2012)

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• Appendix figure 1. Deaths by age group and sex 2011 (13.4.2012)
• Appendix figure 2. Life expectancy of male and female persons at the age of 65 in 1971 - 2011 (13.4.2012)
• Appendix figure 3. Life expectancy of males and females at birth by region on average in years 2009 - 2011 (13.4.2012)

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Updated 13.4.2012