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Leading cause of death for working-age men is alcohol-related in 2005

In 2005 alcohol-related causes, i.e. alcohol-related diseases and alcohol poisonings became the leading cause of death among working-age men. Ischaemic heart disease had been the leading cause of death...

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Leading causes of death among working-age people still alcohol-related

In 2006 a total of 7,475 men and 3,155 women died in working age, that is, they were aged 15 to 64 years. The leading cause of death was an alcohol-related disease or alcohol poisoning, which resulted...

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Alcohol-related deaths continued to increase in 2007

A total of 24,805 men and 24,288 women died in 2007. The number of deaths of working-age people (persons aged 15 to 64) were 7,629 for men and 3,219 for women. The total number is 218 higher than in 2006.

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Number of alcohol-related deaths has remained almost unchanged

Number of alcohol-related deaths year 2008 has remained almost unchanged from year 2007. In the past two decades deaths by alcohol-related diseases and alcohol poisonings have doubled, and clearly more...

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Deaths from dementia more than doubled in two decades

A total of 49,904 persons, 25,152 men and 24,752 women, died in 2009. As the population ages dementia is becoming an increasingly widespread cause of death alongside ischaemic heart diseases. In 2009,...

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Injuries caused by falls the most common reason for fatal accidents

Accidental falls were the most common accidents leading to death for both men and women. A total of 1,188 persons died in such accidents, 57 per cent of whom were men. Over one third of men's fatal...

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The number of suicides lowest in 40 years

In 2010 the number of suicides was eight per cent lower than in the previous year. The number of suicides has last been lower in 1967. A total of 954 persons, 718 men and 236 women, committed suicide...

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Alcohol mortality decreased further in 2011

According to Statistics Finland's statistics on causes of death, alcohol mortality decreased by four per cent in 2011 from the previous year. The fall is mainly caused by decreasing alcohol mortality...

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Three out of four of those who died from stumbles were aged over 70

According to Statistics Finland's statistics on causes of death, a total of 1,156 persons died as a result of accidental stumbles and falls in 2012, 609 men and 547 women. The cases have increased in...

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Persons who died of alcohol-related causes older than before

According to Statistics Finland, good 1,900 persons died of alcohol-related causes in 2013. The number of deaths was unchanged from the previous year. Three-quarters of the persons that died of...

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Fewer persons of working age than before die of diseases of the circulatory...

According to Statistics Finland's statistics on causes of death, nearly 8,700 Finns died at working age, that is, aged 15 to 64, around 5,900 men and 2,700 women. The mortality of people of working age...

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The number of suicides decreased further in 2015

According to Statistics Finlands statistics on causes of death, altogether 731 suicides were committed in Finland in 2015, which is around 60 fewer than in the year before. Suicide mortality has...

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Accidental and violent deaths have decreased by one-fifth in ten years

According to Statistics Finland's data, in 2016, good 3,400 persons died from accidents, suicides and violence, which was six per cent of all deaths. The number of deaths caused by these reasons has...

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Over 1,200 died from accidental falls - the majority aged over 75

According to Statistics Finland's statistics on causes of death, a total of over 1,200 persons died as a result of accidental stumbles and falls in 2017. This was more than half of all accidental...

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More people died from drugs and alcohol than before

According to Statistics Finland's statistics on causes of death, 261 persons died from drugs in Finland in 2018, which was 61 persons more than in 2017. The number of deaths caused by drugs have...

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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...

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No major changes in causes of death compared to the previous year

According to Statistics Finland's statistics on causes of death, diseases of the circulatory system, neoplasms and memory diseases still caused the highest number of deaths in 2020. Three-quarters of...

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