Health in Turku, Finland: official figures
With an age-standardised morbidity index of 108.1 in 2024 (Finland = 100), Turku ranked 3rd highest among the nine largest cities for the burden of illness.
How often do people see a doctor in Turku?
Primary health care recorded 1,183 outpatient doctor visits per 1,000 residents of Turku in 2025, above the national figure of 1,056; that is the highest among the nine largest cities, down 13% from 1,365 in 2020.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow long is the wait for a doctor in Turku?
In 2024, 45.9% of non-urgent primary care doctor appointments in Turku took place more than seven days after the need for care was assessed, below the national figure of 48.7%; that ranks 2nd shortest among the nine largest cities.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow many people smoke in Turku?
THL's Healthy Finland survey found that 10.1% of adults in Turku smoked daily in 2020, below the national figure of 10.6%; that is 5th highest among the nine largest cities.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyWhat is the obesity rate in Turku?
21.1% of adults in Turku were obese (body mass index of 30 or more) in 2020, below the national figure of 22.5%; that is 5th highest among the nine largest cities.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow much do people drink in Turku?
32.7% of adults in Turku 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 Turku?
Shops and licensed premises in Turku sold 7.2 litres of pure alcohol per resident aged 18 or over in 2025, level with the national figure of 7.2.
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet · saved copyHow many people get home care in Turku?
Regular home care services reached 1.70% of residents of Turku 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 Turku?
Health and social work provided 20.6% of all jobs located in the city of Turku in 2023, above the national figure of 18.1%.
Source: Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) · saved copyWhat is the infant mortality rate in Turku?
The infant mortality rate was 2.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2025.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the death rate in Turku?
There were 9.9 deaths per 1,000 residents in 2025 and 8.5 births per 1,000.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people die young in Turku?
Of 2,038 deaths in Turku in 2025, 236 (12%) were of people under 65.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many road deaths are there in Turku?
3 people were killed in road accidents in Turku in 2024.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow Turku compares with other cities in Finland
THL morbidity index, age-standardised (Finland = 100) (2024)
Turku ranks 3 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuopio | 118.7 |
| 2 | Oulu | 112.3 |
| 3 | Turku | 108.1 |
| 4 | Tampere | 106.0 |
| 5 | Lahti | 105.3 |
| 6 | Jyvaskyla | 104.8 |
| 7 | Vantaa | 90.8 |
Outpatient physician visits in primary health care per 1,000 residents (2025)
Turku ranks 1 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Outpatient physician visits in primary health care per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turku | 1,183 |
| 2 | Tampere | 1,173 |
| 3 | Kuopio | 1,172 |
| 4 | Helsinki | 1,119 |
| 5 | Vantaa | 966 |
| 6 | Jyvaskyla | 857 |
| 7 | Oulu | 851 |
Non-urgent primary care physician visits with a wait of over 7 days (%) (2024)
Turku ranks 8 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)
Turku ranks 5 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Daily smokers among adults (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lahti | 12.5% |
| 3 | Kuopio | 11.6% |
| 4 | Helsinki | 10.1% |
| 5 | Turku | 10.1% |
| 6 | Jyvaskyla | 8.6% |
| 7 | Oulu | 8.5% |
| 8 | Tampere | 8.4% |
Adults with obesity (BMI 30 or more) (%) (2020)
Turku ranks 5 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Adults with obesity (BMI 30 or more) (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kuopio | 22.3% |
| 3 | Oulu | 22.0% |
| 4 | Lahti | 21.3% |
| 5 | Turku | 21.1% |
| 6 | Espoo | 18.5% |
| 7 | Jyvaskyla | 18.5% |
| 8 | Tampere | 17.6% |
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births (2025)
Turku ranks 3 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Infant deaths per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahti | 3.6 |
| 2 | Oulu | 2.4 |
| 3 | Turku | 2.3 |
| 4 | Helsinki | 1.9 |
| 5 | Tampere | 1.3 |
| 6 | Vantaa | 1.2 |
| 7 | Espoo | 1.1 |
Deaths per 1,000 residents (2025)
Turku ranks 2 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | City | Deaths per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahti | 11.6 |
| 2 | Turku | 9.9 |
| 3 | Kuopio | 9.6 |
| 4 | Tampere | 8.6 |
| 5 | Jyvaskyla | 8.1 |
| 6 | Oulu | 7.4 |
| 7 | Vantaa | 7.0 |
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Sources
- 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…)
- 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…)
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_ctran: Urban Audit: transport (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c4e74aa07496…)
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