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General Information |
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Official Name |
Republic of Finland
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Capital |
Helsinki
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Area |
338,142 Sq Km (130,557 Sq Mi)
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Population 2003 |
5,190,785
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Location |
Finland is
located in North Europe.
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Geography |
It is bound by
Russia to the east, the Gulf of Finland to the south, the Gulf of Bosnia and
Sweden to the west and Norway to the north. |
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Density (1991) |
16 persons per sq km (43 persons per sq
mi)
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Urban-Rural (1991) |
61.6% urban
38.4% rural |
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Sex Distribution (1992) |
48.6% male
51.4% female
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Life Expectancy at Birth (1992) |
70.8 years male
78.9 years female |
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Age Breakdown (1990) |
19% under 15
21% 15 to 29
25% 30 to 44
17% 45 to 59
13% 60 to 74
5% 75 and over |
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Birth Rate (1990) |
13.2 per 1,000 |
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Death Rate (1990) |
10.1 per 1,000 |
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Increase Rate (1991) |
3.1 per 1,000 |
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Infant Mortality Rate (1990) |
5.8 per 1,000 live births |
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Sleep
Habits |
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Sleep/wake schedule |
The Finnish population goes to sleep around 11:00PM and wakes up
around 6:35 AM.
They sleep on average 7 hours 13 minutes. O
On week ends or days off, they sleep about 55 minutes more than
on week days.
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Insomnia |
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One on 9 individuals has difficulty falling asleep
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One on three individuals has a disrupted sleep
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One on 9 individuals wake up too early in the morning
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One on 9 individuals feels sleep is not refreshing
One individual on 8 complained about the quality or quantity of his or her
sleep.
This does not mean that all these individuals are insomniacs: only one on 9
individuals has a diagnosis of insomnia.
From Ohayon MM,
Partinen M.
Insomnia and global sleep dissatisfaction
in Finland. J Sleep Res. 2002;11(4):339-46.
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Sleep-EVAL
Research
