Appendix table 2a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2016, both sexes
| Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 53 964 | 185 | 8 182 | 45 597 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 50 695 | 165 | 6 720 | 43 810 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 255 | 1 | 57 | 197 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 26 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 221 | 1 | 47 | 173 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 12 854 | 24 | 2 498 | 10 332 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 12 494 | 23 | 2 476 | 9 995 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 212 | 0 | 68 | 144 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 290 | 0 | 82 | 208 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 434 | 0 | 102 | 332 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 884 | 0 | 150 | 734 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 425 | 0 | 97 | 328 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 527 | 1 | 99 | 427 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 1 191 | 0 | 227 | 964 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 2 309 | 0 | 483 | 1 826 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 215 | 0 | 66 | 149 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 881 | 0 | 283 | 598 |
| 14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 61 | 0 | 26 | 35 |
| 15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) | 202 | 0 | 31 | 171 |
| 16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 367 | 0 | 83 | 284 |
| 17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 888 | 0 | 50 | 838 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 399 | 0 | 62 | 337 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 280 | 0 | 33 | 247 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 1 111 | 6 | 154 | 951 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 818 | 16 | 380 | 1 422 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 360 | 1 | 22 | 337 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 738 | 14 | 164 | 560 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 542 | 2 | 112 | 428 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 196 | 12 | 52 | 132 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 9 175 | 0 | 44 | 9 131 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 1 699 | 11 | 254 | 1 434 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 19 665 | 3 | 1 830 | 17 832 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 10 183 | 0 | 920 | 9 263 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 1 836 | 1 | 306 | 1 529 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 4 378 | 1 | 315 | 4 062 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 3 268 | 1 | 289 | 2 978 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 2 133 | 4 | 239 | 1 890 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 230 | 2 | 41 | 187 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 174 | 1 | 36 | 137 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 1 218 | 0 | 128 | 1 090 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 90 | 0 | 7 | 83 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 421 | 1 | 27 | 393 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 1 217 | 0 | 168 | 1 049 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 248 | 0 | 21 | 227 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 197 | 53 | 100 | 44 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 596 | 55 | 139 | 402 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 188 | 0 | 106 | 82 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 1 730 | 0 | 1 100 | 630 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 3 179 | 20 | 1 441 | 1 718 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 2 243 | 17 | 730 | 1 496 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 212 | 9 | 130 | 73 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 36 | 1 | 18 | 17 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 38 | 0 | 22 | 16 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 1 196 | 0 | 150 | 1 046 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 87 | 2 | 37 | 48 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 245 | 0 | 216 | 29 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 429 | 5 | 157 | 267 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 787 | 3 | 600 | 184 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 63 | 0 | 52 | 11 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 74 | 0 | 53 | 21 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 90 | 0 | 21 | 69 |
Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, Kati Taskinen 029 551 3648, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 29.12.2017
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Causes of death [e-publication].
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Appendix table 2a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2016, both sexes
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.11.2024].
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