Table 2 Number of biological samples provided for research 2014–2023.

From: Estimating the use of biological samples in Finnish biobanks and hospital collections

Year

FIMEA

Arctic

Auria

Borealis

Helsinki biobank

Biobank of Eastern Finland

Central Finland biobank

Finnish clinical biobank Tampere

THL biobank

Blood service biobank

FHRB biobank

 

2013

            

2014

11,087

           

2015

11,553

 

246

       

430

 

2016

14,063

 

2636

 

151

   

7440

 

284

 

2017

28,652

 

5217

118

896

30

  

44,180

1465

775

 

2018

28,713

 

21,836

3808

27,867

2060

7

2062

34,000

16,827

496

 

2019

32,158

 

18,709

12,615

38,848

5938

5575

6263

10,981

23,155

152

 

2020

20,289

 

13,528

28,481

31,994

4034

3648

18,749

14,802

19,437

2261

 

2021

4635

6051

10,639

16,317

20,942

11,773

2601

15,247

8149

10,677

184

 

2022

49,480

234

14,982

8509

24,883

9558

2333

4148

15,572

12,243

869

 

2023

610,756

203

3930

7547

15,238

1728

1111

262

3889

1497

178

Total

Total

811,386

6488

91,723

77,395

160,819

35,121

15,275

46,731

139,013

85,301

5629

1,474,881