Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2015, both sexes
| Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 52 302 | 163 | 8 189 | 43 950 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 48 912 | 131 | 6 670 | 42 111 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 258 | 1 | 40 | 217 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 225 | 1 | 40 | 184 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 12 481 | 9 | 2 513 | 9 959 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 12 168 | 9 | 2 489 | 9 670 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 232 | 0 | 55 | 177 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 233 | 0 | 70 | 163 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 441 | 0 | 124 | 317 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 821 | 0 | 130 | 691 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 390 | 0 | 87 | 303 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 509 | 0 | 80 | 429 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 1 137 | 0 | 236 | 901 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 2 275 | 0 | 465 | 1 810 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 229 | 0 | 56 | 173 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 823 | 0 | 241 | 582 |
| 14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 63 | 0 | 28 | 35 |
| 15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) | 194 | 0 | 32 | 162 |
| 16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 334 | 0 | 88 | 246 |
| 17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 898 | 0 | 62 | 836 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 367 | 0 | 70 | 297 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 261 | 0 | 39 | 222 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 1 165 | 1 | 200 | 964 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 796 | 8 | 426 | 1 362 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 313 | 0 | 24 | 289 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 637 | 5 | 162 | 470 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 483 | 0 | 122 | 361 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 154 | 5 | 40 | 109 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 8 580 | 0 | 40 | 8 540 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 1 624 | 13 | 246 | 1 365 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 19 365 | 4 | 1 856 | 17 505 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 10 209 | 0 | 935 | 9 274 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 1 768 | 2 | 309 | 1 457 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 4 299 | 1 | 323 | 3 975 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 3 089 | 1 | 289 | 2 799 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 1 940 | 1 | 190 | 1 749 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 134 | 1 | 7 | 126 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 157 | 0 | 20 | 137 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 1 231 | 0 | 130 | 1 101 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 78 | 0 | 9 | 69 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 340 | 0 | 24 | 316 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 1 178 | 1 | 188 | 989 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 282 | 1 | 14 | 267 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 162 | 35 | 89 | 38 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 564 | 58 | 112 | 394 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 175 | 3 | 102 | 70 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 1 666 | 0 | 1 118 | 548 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 3 034 | 31 | 1 435 | 1 568 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 2 161 | 25 | 750 | 1 386 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 232 | 12 | 143 | 77 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 33 | 3 | 19 | 11 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 30 | 1 | 15 | 14 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 1 143 | 1 | 140 | 1 002 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 111 | 6 | 62 | 43 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 243 | 0 | 205 | 38 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 368 | 2 | 165 | 201 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 731 | 5 | 570 | 156 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 70 | 1 | 63 | 6 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 65 | 0 | 49 | 16 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 356 | 1 | 84 | 271 |
Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 30.12.2016
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
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