Institute for Health and Welfare (THL): Specialised healthcare
Institute for Health and Welfare (THL): Primary health care
Keywords
hospital care
accidental injuries
injuries
Classifications
Geographical classification
Municipality, sub-region, region, area for the regional state administrative agency, major region, Mainland Finland/Åland, hospital district, university hospital special responsibility area, whole country
Age classification
Ages 25-64
Classification by sex
male, female, combined
ICD-10
International Classification of Diseases
Data content
The indicator gives the number of those aged 25-64 who have been in hospital care with the primary diagnosis Injury, poisonings and certain other consequences of external causes (ICD 10: S00-T78) per thousand persons of the same age during the year. Population figures refer to mean population. The indicator covers hospital care in the public sector (municipalities, joint municipal boards and the state), as well as in private sector hospitals.
Interpretation
Among adults, accidents that require hospitalisation usually involve an injury that is more serious than mild and affects the person's well-being and health.
Restrictions
Individual level data in the Care Register for Social Welfare and Health Care are confidential. For the sake of privacy protection, no municipality level data with less than five cases are published.
Additional information
THL: Care Register for Social Welfare and Health Care; statistics on institutional care
Simo Pelanteri (firstname.lastname@thl.fi)
Legislation
Occupational Safety and Health Act 23.8.2002/738. The purpose of the act is, among other things, to prevent accidents at work.
