Tag: Life expectancy
Record-high immigration to Finland in 2023 amid declining birth rates
A significant part of this increase in immigration was the influx of Ukrainians seeking temporary protection in Finland. By Markus Rapo, senior statistician, 19,834 Ukrainian citizens immigrated to Finland, which is an impressive 26% of all immigration. Most of these immigrants were more than 18,000 more than the previous year. Rapo emphasizes that the statistics…
Increased mortality rates in Finland in November 2023 related to COVID-19 and the aging of the population
This is calculated by comparing the number of deaths in a given month to the average monthly death rate from 2016 to 2019. According to this metric, Finland's excess mortality was higher in November than in any other country monitored by Eurostat. Seppo KoskinenThe research professor at the Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) stated…
The life expectancy of newborns in Finland has decreased the most in 50 years
Women’s life expectancy decreased in 2022 for the third year in a row, says Statistics Finland.
Japan: Life expectancy drops again in 2022 for second straight year
Tokyo [Japan], August 6 (ANI): Owing to the Covid pandemic, the average life expectancy of Japanese people has declined in 2022 for the second straight year, according to the health ministry, reported Kyodo News. Earlier, the average life span for women was 87.09 years which was down by 0.49 of a year. Whereas, the average…
The new Max Planck Center produces information to understand the root causes of inequality
Scientific knowledge about the root causes of health disparities contributes significantly to well-being and the building of a more sustainable society. The research center provides policy makers with insights into the processes that generate health inequities and offers possible strategies to narrow these disparities. The research takes into account an individual’s entire life cycle and…
Economic sanctions impose high costs and disproportionately affect vulnerable communities
Similarly, the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States will result in an annual growth slowdown of almost 1 percentage point, resulting in a 13 percent decline in per capita economic output over the long term. “Economic sanctions consistently hit those living in or near poverty the hardest. This pattern has been evident in past…
Danish men live five years longer compared to two decades ago
Danish life expectancy has never been something to rave about. Historically, high alcohol and smoking rates have taken their toll – especially among men. But over the past two decades, from 2002 to 2021, there has been a breakthrough according to a Sampension analysis of Eurostat’s figureswhich has seen Denmark dramatically catch up with other…
Eurostat: The EU population is predicted to decrease by 6% by 2100
As a result of mass refugees arriving in the EU as a result of the Ukraine crisis, the population is estimated to have been 451 million on 1 January 2023. Furthermore, the EU population is projected to peak at 453 million people in 2026, before falling to a projected level of 420 million in 2100.…
Historically, a lot of people died in Finland and few people were born in 2022
The number of deaths was particularly high in January (5,864) and December (5,820), but low in June (4,519). Life expectancy for newborn boys fell by 0.5 years to 78.6 years and for girls by 0.6 years to 83.8 years in 2022, which is a new low since 2017 and 2013. According to Statistics Finland, such…
In Germany, 180,000 more people died during the Covid years than normally expected
In the age group over 80, the excess mortality was 640 per 100,000 people, and in the age group 60–79 92. In the two youngest age groups, the relative excess mortality was much lower, 12 and 1, respectively. “What’s surprising is that excess mortality accelerated again in 2022,” says Ragnitz. There were approximately 39,000 deaths…
Report: Finland has the highest mortality since the 1940s
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…
Life expectancy: Men are approaching women in Denmark
Big change since 1992 While life expectancy for women has increased by 1.6 years over the past decade, it is the second year in a row that they have experienced a decline. The difference in life expectancy between men and women has been reduced from 5.4 years in 1992 to 3.8 years now. The rapid…
The increase in the birth rate and the increase in immigration will increase the population of Finland
The rise in Finland’s birth rate and net migration have led to an increase in the country’s population by almost 16,000 last year, according to preliminary data published by Statistics Finland on Thursday. According to the figures for the number crusher, the population of Finland was 5,549,599 at the end of December, and the increase…
Every tenth person in Denmark struggles with mental health problems
Lower life expectancy The National Board of Health’s priority report (here in Danish) has 37 recommendations regarding improving the situation over the next ten years. Now it is up to the government to use the report as a tool to make a new bill. According to The National Board of Health, mental health problems account…
How killer whales hunt herring
East of Iceland, where herring is fished, a lot has happened lately. Not only humans want spines, they are also hunted by orcs. Such hunting was observed in Héraðsflói Bay in the northernmost part of the eastern fjords last week, reports Morgunblaðið. Killer whales often follow the fishing boats. Individual specimens line up in a…
EU structural health inequalities due to COVID-19 exposure
This could have serious consequences for economies, the labor market and cohesion throughout the Union. Eurofound’s new political proposal The COVID-19 pandemic: a turning point in the convergence of health and healthcare in the EU? examines the extent to which the EU had achieved convergence in health and health outcomes and health expenditure and supply…
Report: The population of Finland will start to decline from 2034
By report, the country will see 700,000 more deaths than those born by the end of 2060, assuming the birth rate remains at current levels (1.45). The organization estimates that less than 40,000 babies will be born in Finland each year during the 2060s. Finland has had less than 50,000 births a year for four…
Report: Current payments are not enough to cover future pensions
The Finnish pension system is working well, but it has not yet been funded sustainably. This is the conclusion of a Danish professor’s new report on Finnish pensions Torben M. Andersen, compiled by the Finnish Center for Pensions. According to the report, the system is currently effective in preventing old-age poverty and providing retirees with…
Football, team handball training can increase life expectancy
Washington [US]June 8 (ANI): In the pursuit of healthy aging and longer life expectancy, Danish researchers at the University of Southern Denmark collaborated with Swedish researchers at Karolinska Institutet to explore the effects of aging on football and team handball. The results of the study were published in the journal ‘Scientific Reports’. The researchers examined…
Long leave in Russia to reduce coronary heart disease
On May 1, a ten-day holiday in Russia will begin as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Russia has been hit hard by the pandemic and last year life expectancy fell by more than a year. Although the country was the first in the world to develop a vaccine against covid-19, many…
Mortality in Finland increased when the birth rate stopped falling in 2020
Life expectancy at birth (indicating how many years a 0-year-old lives on average if mortality remains at current levels) was 79 for boys and 84.6 for girls. The life expectancy of boys decreased by 0.13 years, while the life expectancy of girls increased by 0.09 years compared to 2019. Neonatal mortality was also record low…
The Kuopio school’s sword attack complaint was filed in September
The Eastern Finland Court of Appeal will hear the appeal in the 2019 attack on school swords in Kuopio as of 9 September. A total of six days have been set aside for the hearing, the court announced on Wednesday. Last November, the Pohjois-Savo District Court convicted Joel Marin to life imprisonment after he was…
Denmark falls on the world ranking of happiness
What a Finnish! Finland is at the top of the list for the fourth year in a row, followed by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Sweden, Germany, Norway, New Zealand and Austria round the top 10. Other notables include Australia (12th), USA (14), France (20), Italy (25), Japan (40), Brazil (41), Mexico (46), South…
“Sweden does not live up to the UN Convention on the Rights of Women”
The feminist interest group Sweden’s women’s lobby writes in a new report that Sweden does not live up to the UN Convention on the Rights of Women. The average life expectancy of low-educated women is falling, structural wage differences are increasing, and more and more girls are being exposed to sexual violence. Minister for Gender…
Covid-19 lowers life expectancy and raises pensions
The corona pandemic will lead to a reduction in life expectancy by six months for women and almost one year for men, according to statistics from Statistics Sweden. This in turn leads to a higher income pension for those who retire in the next five years, approximately SEK 60 more per month, according to the…
COVID-19 shaves 1 year of US life
The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out more than a decade of life expectancy improvements in the United States and increased racial and ethnic inequality. according to new government data. Life expectancy decreased by one year in 2020 to 77.8 years, a figure seen by 2006, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said…
Calculation error from Unicef: Danish babies will not be 102 years old after all
This year’s newborn Danes can still not expect to be 102.1 years old, but “just” 93.7 years. It informs Unicef on Wednesday, after the children’s organization has found a significant calculation error in its own predictions of how long children born all over the world in 2021 can expect to live on average. – It…
Children born in 2021 must expect a much longer working life
– We can no longer have a retirement age of 65, as it once was. There is no economy for that if we turn 100 years old. – It is a societal challenge when more elderly people come to live longer. – One must probably realize that the increased lifespan can not only be exchanged…
Dead piglets found over central Copenhagen
Commuters in Copenhagen have woken up to find the bodies of dead piglets placed around the capital – in a stunt staged by animal rights activists. Sixteen pigs have been placed in prominent places around the city overnight: among them Parliament, the Council for Agriculture and Food, Politikens Hus and DR Byen. In scenes worthy…
FACTS: Climate savings from wood biomass
Read some of the conclusions here: * Conversion from coal to wood biomass has a positive effect on CO2 emissions after an average of six years. * Conversion from natural gas to wood biomass has in most cases taken between 9 and 22 years and in some cases 37 years before it resulted in reduced…
Some strange games that Finns want to play
So despite the fact that the city of Las Vegas and especially the Double Down Saloon is known all over the world the happiest place on earth, Finns have more than the right to challenge an argument. And while no one can deny the excitement and arrogance of the night casino or in a magic…