Helsinki morbidity index

Description

The morbidity index is calculated using three register variables describing the morbidity of the population. These are the proportion of persons on disability pension among the working-age population, the proportion of the population entitled to special reimbursement medicines describing long-term illness, and the mortality rate of the population. The morbidity index is the average of these three factors. The morbidity of the areas is proportioned either to the average morbidity of the whole of Helsinki (Table 1) or to the average of the whole country (Table 2). The aim of the index is to illustrate how healthy or sick the population of the area is in relation to the average population of the whole city (Helsinki = 100) or the whole country (Finland = 100). The index is calculated on an age-standardised basis, in which case the morbidity of the areas can be compared despite the differences in their age structures. The index of national diseases, in turn, describes the prevalence of national diseases in the population of the region in relation to the average of the population of the whole city (Helsinki = 100) or the population of the whole country (Finland = 100). The index includes the seven largest diseases eligible for special reimbursable pharmacotherapy, which are here referred to as folk diseases. These include asthma, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psychosis, coronary heart disease, heart failure and hypertension. The index is the average of these sub-indices. **Data from different years are not directly comparable.** Source of the Helsinki Region Illness Index 2017: Social Insurance Institution. Separate statistics made for the cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa on the morbidity index in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa by region in 2017. Source of the Helsinki Illness Index 2019 data: Helsinki City Office. The source material is from Kela, but the indices have been calculated in Helsinki. Source of the Helsinki Illness Index 2021 data: Helsinki City Office. The source data are from Kela and Statistics Finland. The indices have been calculated by the City of Helsinki.

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0 https://www.avoindata.fi/data/dataset/06f67b16-d535-46e5-b068-253c75215368/resource/07d2017e-1070-4247-9a06-2014dc5d9756
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0 https://www.avoindata.fi/data/dataset/06f67b16-d535-46e5-b068-253c75215368/resource/07d2017e-1070-4247-9a06-2014dc5d9756
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0 https://www.avoindata.fi/data/dataset/06f67b16-d535-46e5-b068-253c75215368/resource/07d2017e-1070-4247-9a06-2014dc5d9756
0 https://www.avoindata.fi/data/dataset/06f67b16-d535-46e5-b068-253c75215368/resource/de180d6d-0921-4c65-9f2c-3a129635f257
0 https://www.avoindata.fi/data/dataset/06f67b16-d535-46e5-b068-253c75215368/resource/07d2017e-1070-4247-9a06-2014dc5d9756

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  • population
  • indexes
  • työkyvyttömyys
  • indeksit
  • sairastavuus
  • väestö
  • chronic-diseases-index
  • kuolleisuus
  • morbidity-index

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