Health in Espoo, Finland: official figures
With an age-standardised morbidity index of 81.0 in 2024 (Finland = 100), Espoo ranked the lowest among the nine largest cities for the burden of illness.
How often do people see a doctor in Espoo?
Primary health care recorded 751 outpatient doctor visits per 1,000 residents of Espoo in 2025, below the national figure of 1,056; that is the lowest among the nine largest cities, down 11% from 844 in 2020.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow long is the wait for a doctor in Espoo?
In 2024, 53.9% of non-urgent primary care doctor appointments in Espoo took place more than seven days after the need for care was assessed, above the national figure of 48.7%; that ranks 4th shortest among the nine largest cities.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow many people smoke in Espoo?
THL's Healthy Finland survey found that 6.8% of adults in Espoo smoked daily in 2020, below the national figure of 10.6%; that is the lowest among the nine largest cities.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyWhat is the obesity rate in Espoo?
18.5% of adults in Espoo were obese (body mass index of 30 or more) in 2020, below the national figure of 22.5%; that is 4th lowest among the nine largest cities.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow much do people drink in Espoo?
26.7% of adults in Espoo drank alcohol at a risky level by the AUDIT-C test in 2020, against 31.2% nationally.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow much alcohol is sold in Espoo?
Shops and licensed premises in Espoo sold 4.8 litres of pure alcohol per resident aged 18 or over in 2025, below the national figure of 7.2.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow many people get home care in Espoo?
Regular home care services reached 1.00% of residents of Espoo in 2025, below the national figure of 2.00%.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow many people work in healthcare in Espoo?
Health and social work provided 12.8% of all jobs located in the city of Espoo in 2023, below the national figure of 18.1%.
Source: Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) · saved copyWhat is the infant mortality rate in Espoo?
The infant mortality rate was 1.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2025.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the death rate in Espoo?
There were 5.8 deaths per 1,000 residents in 2025 and 10.9 births per 1,000.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people die young in Espoo?
Of 1,874 deaths in Espoo in 2025, 304 (16%) were of people under 65.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many road deaths are there in Espoo?
1 people were killed in road accidents in Espoo in 2024.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow Espoo compares with other cities in Finland
THL morbidity index, age-standardised (Finland = 100) (2024)
Espoo ranks 9 of 9, highest first. Figures come from the wellbeing services counties; Uusimaa combines East, Central and West Uusimaa, Vantaa-Kerava and the City of Helsinki, weighted by population, and NUTS 2 figures combine their counties the same way.
| Rank | City | THL morbidity index, age-standardised (Finland = 100) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Turku | 108.1 |
| 4 | Tampere | 106.0 |
| 5 | Lahti | 105.3 |
| 6 | Jyvaskyla | 104.8 |
| 7 | Vantaa | 90.8 |
| 8 | Helsinki | 89.5 |
| 9 | Espoo | 81.0 |
Outpatient physician visits in primary health care per 1,000 residents (2025)
Espoo ranks 9 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Outpatient physician visits in primary health care per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kuopio | 1,172 |
| 4 | Helsinki | 1,119 |
| 5 | Vantaa | 966 |
| 6 | Jyvaskyla | 857 |
| 7 | Oulu | 851 |
| 8 | Lahti | 769 |
| 9 | Espoo | 751 |
Non-urgent primary care physician visits with a wait of over 7 days (%) (2024)
Espoo ranks 6 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Non-urgent primary care physician visits with a wait of over 7 days (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Vantaa | 73.1% |
| 4 | Jyvaskyla | 71.6% |
| 5 | Kuopio | 63.7% |
| 6 | Espoo | 53.9% |
| 7 | Lahti | 48.5% |
| 8 | Turku | 45.9% |
| 9 | Tampere | 33.7% |
Daily smokers among adults (%) (2020)
Espoo ranks 9 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Daily smokers among adults (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kuopio | 11.6% |
| 4 | Helsinki | 10.1% |
| 5 | Turku | 10.1% |
| 6 | Jyvaskyla | 8.6% |
| 7 | Oulu | 8.5% |
| 8 | Tampere | 8.4% |
| 9 | Espoo | 6.8% |
Adults with obesity (BMI 30 or more) (%) (2020)
Espoo ranks 6 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Adults with obesity (BMI 30 or more) (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Oulu | 22.0% |
| 4 | Lahti | 21.3% |
| 5 | Turku | 21.1% |
| 6 | Espoo | 18.5% |
| 7 | Jyvaskyla | 18.5% |
| 8 | Tampere | 17.6% |
| 9 | Helsinki | 17.4% |
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births (2025)
Espoo ranks 7 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Infant deaths per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Turku | 2.3 |
| 4 | Helsinki | 1.9 |
| 5 | Tampere | 1.3 |
| 6 | Vantaa | 1.2 |
| 7 | Espoo | 1.1 |
| 8 | Kuopio | 0.9 |
| 9 | Jyvaskyla | 0.8 |
Deaths per 1,000 residents (2025)
Espoo ranks 8 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | City | Deaths per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Turku | 9.9 |
| 3 | Kuopio | 9.6 |
| 4 | Tampere | 8.6 |
| 5 | Jyvaskyla | 8.1 |
| 6 | Oulu | 7.4 |
| 7 | Vantaa | 7.0 |
| 8 | Espoo | 5.8 |
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Sources
- Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus): Regional time series 1987-2025 (table 142h, Municipal key figures database): population, housing, education, employment and jobs by NUTS region, region and municipality (PxWeb API POST query, json-stat2, years 2015-2025), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 18a97e220312…)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet: Sotkanet indicator bank, REST API 1.1: 32 indicators (one exact JSON response per indicator, e.g. indicator=5761, plus the region list) on morbidity, primary care, lifestyle, social assistance, homelessness, county election turnout and the net operating costs of wellbeing services counties, 2015-2025, bundled in one zip, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e5b01db4f1e9…)
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_cfermor: Urban Audit: fertility and mortality (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 bd2b301d78c2…)
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_ctran: Urban Audit: transport (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c4e74aa07496…)
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