One day of life in Finland
If all events in Finland are evenly divided between the days of the year, this is what happened in Finland during one day:
- 167 children were born, 86 boys and 81 girls
- 139 persons died
- 82 marriages were contracted
- 37 divorces were granted
- 12 foreign citizens received Finnish citizenship
- 2,403 house moves were made, 1,559 within the same municipality
- 30 new residential buildings were completed
- 41 fires broke out to which rescue services were alerted
- 91 enterprises opened and 58 closed
- 8 bankruptcy proceedings were instituted
- 160 credit cards were cancelled due to default
- EUR 2.8 million was paid as official development assistance
- Each inhabitant consumed 206 g of meat, 154 g of fresh vegetables, 87 g of sugar, 130 g of fresh fruit and 502 g of milk products
- Altogether 1.1 million litres of medium beer, 179,000 litres of wine and 82,000 litres of strong alcoholic beverages were consumed
- 28 abortions and 11 sterilisations were performed
- A total of 1,183 offences became known to the police, customs or the border guard, among them 58 drunken driving offences, 54 offences involving narcotics, 91 assaults, 2 rapes and 3 cases of sexual exploitation of a child
- 18 house burglaries and 37 motor vehicle burglaries were made
- 11 million short text messages were sent.
The figures are all taken from the Statistical Yearbook of Finland 2011.
