Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2012, females
| Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 26 091 | 118 | 3 029 | 22 944 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 24 887 | 92 | 2 612 | 22 183 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 147 | 0 | 22 | 125 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 23 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 123 | 0 | 19 | 104 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 5 744 | 10 | 1 277 | 4 457 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 5 531 | 9 | 1 254 | 4 268 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 66 | 0 | 13 | 53 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 86 | 0 | 21 | 65 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 197 | 0 | 50 | 147 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 413 | 0 | 83 | 330 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 167 | 0 | 28 | 139 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 181 | 1 | 29 | 151 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 533 | 0 | 88 | 445 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 736 | 0 | 175 | 561 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 85 | 0 | 22 | 63 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 876 | 0 | 325 | 551 |
| 14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 51 | 0 | 20 | 31 |
| 15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) | 189 | 0 | 33 | 156 |
| 16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 342 | 0 | 79 | 263 |
| 17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 140 | 0 | 21 | 119 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 65 | 0 | 8 | 57 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 524 | 2 | 76 | 446 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 880 | 6 | 183 | 691 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 213 | 1 | 23 | 189 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 290 | 9 | 51 | 230 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 213 | 1 | 31 | 181 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 77 | 8 | 20 | 49 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 4 903 | 0 | 29 | 4 874 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs | 697 | 8 | 133 | 556 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 10 519 | 2 | 481 | 10 036 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 5 267 | 0 | 167 | 5 100 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 999 | 2 | 79 | 918 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 2 692 | 0 | 139 | 2 553 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 1 561 | 0 | 96 | 1 465 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 788 | 6 | 65 | 717 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 28 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 161 | 0 | 8 | 153 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 360 | 0 | 37 | 323 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 71 | 0 | 6 | 65 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 168 | 5 | 14 | 149 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 669 | 2 | 70 | 597 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 211 | 1 | 12 | 198 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 98 | 23 | 49 | 26 |
| 39 Other diseases | 321 | 30 | 60 | 231 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 58 | 1 | 34 | 23 |
| 41 Alcohol related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 442 | 0 | 329 | 113 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 1 122 | 21 | 395 | 706 |
| 42-49 Accidents (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 847 | 12 | 176 | 659 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 66 | 5 | 31 | 30 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 547 | 1 | 34 | 512 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisonings by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 75 | 0 | 60 | 15 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 136 | 2 | 45 | 89 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 218 | 0 | 188 | 30 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 36 | 8 | 22 | 6 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 54 No death certificate | 82 | 5 | 22 | 55 |
Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 09 1734 3605, Kati Taskinen 09 1734 3297, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 30.12.2013
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