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Preface
The Statistical Yearbook provides a varied, statistics-based description of Helsinki and
its residents. Many of the tables also present comparative data from the rest of the
Helsinki Metropolitan Area, the Helsinki Region and Finland as a whole. Moreover, the
yearbook contains a chapter on major cities in the rest of Scandinavia and one on the
capitals of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and on the City of S:t Petersburg. The book
contains 257 tables in all.
The 2016 edition is the 104th, The book has been reshaped several times, but its objective,
to describe the city and its inhabitants from many perspectives, has remained.
The Statistical Yearbooks of 1905 to 2008 are available in a digital format on the Sinetti
archives database. (www.sinettiarkisto.fi). Sinetti contains a multitude of material
relating to Helsinki’s history.
Tables from the Statistical Yearbook were among the first data to be published as
open data by the Helsinki Region Infoshare online service (www.hri.fi). The statistical
yearbooks since 2002 are available on the HRI.
Additional data on many themes in the yearbook can be found in the statistical and
research publications, electronic data and databases of the City of Helsinki Urban Facts
(www.hel.fi/tietokeskus). Statistics on Helsinki by district and sub-district are available
in the Helsinki Region Small Area Database (www.aluesarjat.fi). The publication Helsinki
by district presents statistics in the form of maps, graphs and tables. This publication,
too, is available on our website. The library of Helsinki City Urban Facts also
provides information services.
The yearbook is compiled by the City of Helsinki Urban Facts Division for Statistics
and Information Services. The editing has been led by Senior Statistician Sini Askelo,
and the actual editorial work was carried out by Statistics Secretary Aila Perttilä with
Information Service Secretary Solja Saarto . Statistics Secretary Annikki Suihkonen
made the graphs. The layout was made by Statistics Secretary Sirkka Koski. The cover
was planned and made by Graphics Designer Olli Turunen of Tovia Design Oy Ltd.
We want to thank all our numerous cooperation partners within and outside the city
administration for their valuable help in providing data for the Statistical Yearbook.
Helsinki, November 2016
Ari Jaakola
Statistics and Information Services Manager
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