The COVID-19 pandemic has had negative mental health outcomes in populations, but the suicide numbers in Finland have remained unchanged compared with expected levels based on the pre-pandemic period. We included all deaths from suicide verified by the official cause-of-death investigations, including forensic autopsy with analysis of forensic toxicology samples, between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020 in Finland. There was a decline in suicide incidence from 2016 to 2020 in men, and a declining tendency in suicide rates for every consecutive month during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The COVID-19 governmental policy responses do not seem to have led to an increase in suicide numbers.

COVID-19 大流行在人群中产生了负面的心理健康结果，但与大流行前时期的预期水平相比，芬兰的自杀人数保持不变。我们纳入了 2016 年 1 月 1 日至 2020 年 12 月 31 日期间芬兰官方死因调查（包括法医尸检和法医毒理学样本分析）核实的所有自杀死亡。从 2016 年到 2020 年，男性的自杀率有所下降，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，自杀率连续每个月都有下降的趋势。COVID-19 政府的政策反应似乎并未导致自杀人数增加。