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Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death (54-group classification) and by age in 2010, both sexes

Cause of death (54 classes) Ages total 0-14 15-64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 50 910 230 10 508 40 172
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 47 209 202 8 436 38 571
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 436 4 70 362
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 48 1 4 43
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 7 0 7 0
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 381 3 59 319
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 11 879 30 3 021 8 828
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 11 579 28 2 993 8 558
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (COO-C14) 192 0 79 113
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 254 0 79 175
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 489 0 138 351
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 759 0 149 610
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 377 0 84 293
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 429 1 104 324
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 995 0 266 729
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 2 260 0 626 1 634
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 189 0 67 122
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 886 0 347 539
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 55 0 24 31
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) 189 0 35 154
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 362 0 118 244
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 845 0 81 764
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 353 1 89 263
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 252 0 35 217
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 1 069 6 214 849
21 Other malignant neoplasms 1 624 20 458 1 146
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 300 2 28 270
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 606 16 185 405
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 456 0 151 305
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 150 16 34 100
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 6 057 0 49 6 008
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 1 280 7 266 1 007
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I425, I427-I99) 20 475 8 2 506 17 961
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 11 767 0 1 317 10 450
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 2 030 4 423 1 603
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 4 235 3 430 3 802
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 2 443 1 336 2 106
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 988 3 272 1 713
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 9 0 4 5
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 448 1 79 368
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 1 098 0 133 965
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 88 0 12 76
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 345 2 44 299
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 1 270 3 227 1 040
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 419 0 27 392
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 150 49 70 31
39 Other diseases 544 79 118 347
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 143 3 100 40
41 Alcohol related diseases and accid. poisoning by alcohol 1 962 0 1 525 437
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 3 594 26 2 015 1 553
42-49 Accidents (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 2 466 23 1 079 1 364
42 Land traffic accidents 254 7 180 67
43 Other land transport accidents 37 2 22 13
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 48 0 33 15
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 4 0 3 1
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 1 185 0 225 960
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 147 8 88 51
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisonings by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 314 0 274 40
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 477 6 254 217
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 954 1 792 161
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 102 0 94 8
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 66 1 49 16
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 6 1 1 4
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 107 2 57 48

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marja-Liisa Helminen (09) 1734 3273, Helena Korpi (09) 1734 3605, Irmeli Penttilä (09) 1734 3253, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 16.12.2011

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2010, Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death (54-group classification) and by age in 2010, both sexes . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 24.4.2024].
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