Finland: share of people with suicidal thoughts by age 2018

This statistic shows the share of people having suicidal thoughts within the last 12 months in Finland in 2018, by age group. According to the results of the survey, approximately six percent of all respondents experienced suicidal ideation in the last year. With nine percent, the share of people aged 20 to 54 years having suicidal thoughts was seven percent higher than with the share of people aged 75 years and older.

Share of people with suicidal thoughts in the last 12 months in Finland in 2018, by age group

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

10,000 respondents

Age group

20 years and older

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased as follows: "Seuraava kysymys käsittelee ajatuksia ja tunteita, jotka liittyvät oman itsen vahingoittamiseen. Osa ihmisistä on elämänsä aikana kohdannut vaikeuksia, joiden yhteydessä tällaisia ajatuksia ja tunteita esiintyy. Onko Teillä ollut itsemurha-ajatuksia 12 viime kuukauden aikana?"

The source provides the following information: "Information is collected by a mail and online questionnaire.
The respondents are at least 20 years old and have permanent residency in Finland. There is no upper age limit.
The questionnaire is sent to people drawn by random sampling from the data of the Population Register Centre.
The questionnaire form is available in Finnish, Swedish, Russian and English. The survey is carried out annually at the national level (sample size 10,000). This allows processing the findings only on the national level, not by any smaller regions.
Once every four years, the sample size is expanded to enable following the changes by counties at a rough level (sample size 3,300/county)."

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