Editing Finland (section)

=== Health ===
{{Main|Healthcare in Finland}}
[[File:Verenluovuttaja.tiff|thumb|upright|A man donating blood at [[Finnish Red Cross]] {{ill|Blood Service|fi|Veripalvelu}}]]
[[Life expectancy]] was 79 years for men and 84.2 years for women in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and society |url=https://stat.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_vaesto_en.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114133623/http://www.stat.fi/tup/julkaisut/tiedostot/julkaisuluettelo/yyti_fif_201800_2018_19693_net.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2018 |access-date=10 December 2018 |website=stat.fi |publisher=}}</ref> The under-five mortality rate was 2.3 per 1,000 live births in 2022, ranking Finland's rate among the lowest in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trends in Under five Mortality Rate |url=https://data.unicef.org/country/fin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063347/https://data.unicef.org/country/fin/ |archive-date=10 December 2018 |access-date=28 March 2025 |publisher=UNICEF}}</ref> The [[fertility rate]] in 2023 stood at 1.26 children born/per woman and has been below [[Sub-replacement fertility|the replacement rate]] of 2.1 since 1969.<ref name="stat.fi">[https://stat.fi/en/publication/cln4jsw103qcn0avxz5icrry3 Birth rate fell to the lowest level in statistical history in 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928205952/http://www.stat.fi/til/synt/2014/synt_2014_2015-04-14_tie_001_en.html|date=28 September 2015}}. Stat.fi (14 April 2015). Retrieved 28 March 2025.</ref> With a low birth rate women also become mothers at a later age, the mean age at first live birth being 30.3 in 2023.<ref name="stat.fi" /> A 2011 study published in ''[[The Lancet]]'' medical journal found that Finland had the lowest [[stillbirth]] rate out of 193 countries.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)62187-3/fulltext#article_upsell |title=Stillbirths: Where? When? Why? How to make the data count? |journal=The Lancet |access-date=6 December 2011 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62187-3 |pmid=21496911 |volume=377 |issue=9775 |pages=1448–1463 |year=2011 |last1=Lawn |first1=Joy E. |last2=Blencowe |first2=Hannah |last3=Pattinson |first3=Robert |last4=Cousens |first4=Simon |last5=Kumar |first5=Rajesh |last6=Ibiebele |first6=Ibinabo |last7=Gardosi |first7=Jason |last8=Day |first8=Louise T. |last9=Stanton |first9=Cynthia |hdl=2263/16343 |s2cid=14278260 |hdl-access=free |archive-date=22 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222012754/http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)62187-3/fulltext#article_upsell |url-status=live }}</ref>

There has been a slight increase or no change in welfare and health inequalities between population groups in the 21st century. Lifestyle-related diseases are on the rise. More than half a million Finns suffer from [[diabetes]], [[type 1 diabetes]] being globally the most common in Finland. Many children are diagnosed with [[type 2 diabetes]]. The number of [[musculoskeletal disease]]s and [[cancer]]s are increasing, although the cancer prognosis has improved. Allergies and dementia are also growing health problems in Finland. One of the most common reasons for work disability are due to mental disorders, in particular [[Major depressive disorder|depression]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stm.fi/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=6511570&name=DLFE-26813.pdf |title=Health care in Finland |publisher=STM |access-date=6 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317183526/http://www.stm.fi/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=6511570&name=DLFE-26813.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}</ref> Without [[age standardization]], the suicide rates were 13 per 100 000 in 2015, close to the North European average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/eurostat_falling_suicide_rate_in_finland_nears_european_average/10324113|title=Eurostat: Falling suicide rate in Finland nears European average|date=26 July 2018|publisher=YLE|access-date=18 December 2018|archive-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218145614/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/eurostat_falling_suicide_rate_in_finland_nears_european_average/10324113|url-status=live}}</ref> Age-standardized suicide rates are still among the highest among developed countries in the OECD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDEASDR?lang=en|title=GHO {{!}} By category {{!}} Suicide rate estimates, age-standardized – Estimates by country|website=WHO|access-date=17 March 2020|archive-date=18 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018170407/http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDEASDR?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are 307 residents for each doctor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_terveys_en.html |title=Health (2004) |work=Statistics Finland |access-date=22 January 2007 |archive-date=4 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404195621/http://www.stat.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_terveys_en.html |url-status=live }}</ref> About 19% of health care is funded directly by households and 77% by taxation.

In April 2012, Finland was ranked second in Gross National Happiness in a report published by The Earth Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pakblog.net/2012/04/pakistan-ranked-85th-happiest-nation-in.html |title=World Happiness report |year=2012 |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404200724/http://www.pakblog.net/2012/04/pakistan-ranked-85th-happiest-nation-in.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2012, Finland has every time ranked at least in the top 5 of world's happiest countries in the annual [[World Happiness Report]] by the [[United Nations]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2017/|title=World Happiness Report 2017|date=20 March 2017|access-date=22 May 2018|archive-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320110735/http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2017/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2016/HR-V1_web.pdf|title=World Happiness Report 2016 {{pipe}} Volume I (page 22)|access-date=22 May 2018|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503195925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2016/HR-V1_web.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2012/World_Happiness_Report_2012.pdf|title=World Happiness Report 2012 (page 30)|access-date=22 May 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717223949/https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2012/World_Happiness_Report_2012.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as ranking as the happiest country since 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2018/|title=World Happiness Report 2018|access-date=21 May 2018|date=14 March 2018|archive-date=13 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213084642/http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2018/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldhappiness.report/news/world-happiness-report-2024-most-comprehensive-picture-yet-of-happiness-across-generations/|title=World Happiness Report 2024: Most comprehensive picture yet of happiness across generations|access-date=20 March 2024|date=20 March 2024|archive-date=20 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320021023/https://worldhappiness.report/news/world-happiness-report-2024-most-comprehensive-picture-yet-of-happiness-across-generations/|url-status=live}}</ref>