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Country Fact Sheet: Finland

On this page, we have compiled relevant health system indicators.

Indicators range from aggregate data (Human Development Index, WHO Health System Performance Rank 1997) to basic population and health statistics and information on sources of health care funding (OECD Health Data, World Bank data). The "chart" link takes you to a chart or table showing each indicator for all network countries (no entry: no data available). 

For health system information, please look at the Website of the European Observatory.

Recent surveys

Multisource financing of health and social care

An attempt to ban evocative alcohol advertising

Regional health and social care area pilots

Aggregate Indicators

Human Development Index Rank
 16
WHO Health System Performance Rank, estimates for 1997 (World Health Report 2000)
 31

Demographic and Health Indicators

Population size in 2009
 5.3 Mio
Percentage of population over 65 years in 2009
 17 %
Percentage of population over 80 in 1990, 2000 and 2009
 2.8 / 3.4 / 4.5 %
Crude birth rate in 2007
 11.2 per 1000 people
Population growth rate 2009
 0.5 %
Population living in urban areas 2009
 63.6 %

Life Expectancy

At birth (2007), m/f
 76.0 / 83.1 years
At age 65 (2007)
 17.0 / 21.3 years
At age 80 (2006)
 7.6 / 9.6 years

Main causes of mortality

Top 10 causes of death
 
Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (2002), m/f
 6.1 / 8 years

Total National Expenditure on Health

As share of GDP in 2008
 8.4 %
Purchasing power parity per capita in 2008
 2979 US$ PPP

Percentage of Total Expenditure on Health (Distribution of Funding Sources)

Public expenditure on health in 2007
 74.6 %
Social security schemes expenditure in 2008
 15.0 %
General government spending on health in 2007
 60.0 %
Private expenditure in 2007
 25.5 %
Private insurance expenditure in 2007
 2.1 %
Out-of-pocket expenditure in 2007
 
All other private funds expenditure in 2004
 2.1 %

Per Capita Expenditure

Expenditure on in-patient care per capita, PPP in 2007
 1030 US$ int. PPP
Expenditure on out-patient care per capita, PPP in 2007
 831 US$ PPP
Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita, PPP in 2007
 408 US$ PPP

Health Infrastructure

In-patient care beds per 1000 inhabitants in 2007
 6.7
Average length of stay in beddays in 2007
 10.1
Practising physicians per 1000 inhabitants in 2007
 2.69
Doctors? consultations per capita in 2007
 4.2

OECD Long-Term Care Statistics

Public spending on long-term care as % of total health expenditure in 2008
 26.3 %

Percentage of Elderly Population Receiving Help

Percentage of population aged 65 and over cared for in institutions in 2008
 4.6 %
Percentage of population aged 65 receiving formal help at home in 2008
 7.3%

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