The use of SOTKAnet has been monitored throughout the two years of its existence. Between 14 March 2006 and 14 March 2007, a total of 43 168 searches were conducted, which is 4403 searches up on the first year of operation. Further growth is expected during 2007 with the coming expansion of the data content.
No major changes have occurred in the search profiles in terms of indicators included in the search, number of indicators per search, geographical areas and the days with the highest frequency of use. One search included an average of 14 indicators, 20 geographical areas and 4 years. The most frequent geographical areas in these searches were the whole country and the municipalities in the greater Helsinki area. An analysis by weekday shows that most searches take place during the first days of the week (Monday and Tuesday being the busiest days, each accounting for 20% of all searches). However, there have been users during the weekend as well.
As previously, the most frequently searched data concerned alcohol use and smoking among schoolchildren (School Health Promotion Study), as well as children placed outside the home as a proportion of the total child population (STAKES statistics). Compared with the previous use statistics, Statistics Finlands population data were now among the frequently searched indicators, as well as alcohol sales data, provided by STAKES and the National Product Control Agency for Welfare and Health (STTV), and data on the proportion of over-65s entitled for special refunds on medicines for psychosis, provided by the National Social Insurance Institution.
TOP 15 indicators in the searches
1. Heavy drinking at least once a month, as % of all pupils in 8th and 9th year of comprehensive school (289): 6189 searches
2. Daily smokers, as % of all pupils in 8th and 9th year of comprehensive school (288): 5370 searches
3. Population at year end (127): 5051 searches
4. Placements outside the home for those aged 0-17, as % of total population of same age (191): 4984 searches
5. Population aged 0-6 as % of total population (7): 4817 searches
6. Living alone, population aged 75 and over, as % of total population of same age (237): 4615 searches
7. Has experimented with illegal drugs at least once, as % of all pupils in 8th and 9th year of comprehensive school (290): 4534 searches
8. Sale of alcoholic beverages per capita, as litres of pure alcohol (714): 4523 searches
9. Population aged 7-15 as % of total population (167): 4006 searches
10. Morbidity index, age standardised (184): 3897 searches
11. Population aged 75 and over as % of total population, projection for 2010 (177): 3759 searches
12. Entitled to special refunds on medicines for psychosis in those aged 65 and over per 1000 persons of same age (408): 3744 searches
13. Population aged 65 and over as % of total population (1068): 3710 searches
14. Population aged 75 and over as % of total population, projection for 2020 (732): 3673 searches
15. Families with children, as % of all families (179): 3646 searches
This bulletin was compiled by: Milla Lauronen and Tiina Puhakka.
Figure 1. Sale of alcoholic beverages per capita, as litres of pure alcohol
Sale of alcoholic beverages per capita, as litres of pure alcohol (id: 714 info )
