The number of deaths and general mortality in Finland was the highest in 2021 for almost 80 years, according to a report published by Statistics Finland on Friday.
The agency revealed that a total of 57,659 deaths were reported last year, up 2,171 from a year earlier and an increase of 3.9 percent.
The death toll in 2021 was also the highest since 1944, during World War II, at 70,570 deaths.
Since the 1980s, Finland has generally registered about 50,000 deaths a year, but in 2021 the number increased for the third year in a row.
At the same time, the overall mortality rate, which expresses the number of deaths per 1,000 people, rose to 10.4 in 2021, up from 10 in 2020, an increase of 4%.
The 2021 course is at its highest since 1949, when it hit 11.2.
Mortality also rose last year for the third year in a row, for the first time since the early 1990s.
The report also found that girls ’life expectancy fell to 84.5 years last year, while boys’ life expectancy rose very little, to 79.2 years.