Appendix table 2c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2016, females
| Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 27 017 | 83 | 2 569 | 24 365 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 25 919 | 76 | 2 259 | 23 584 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 104 | 1 | 12 | 91 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 92 | 1 | 9 | 82 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 6 030 | 13 | 1 161 | 4 856 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 5 822 | 13 | 1 150 | 4 659 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 79 | 0 | 20 | 59 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 80 | 0 | 13 | 67 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 176 | 0 | 35 | 141 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 445 | 0 | 71 | 374 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 184 | 0 | 43 | 141 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 177 | 1 | 24 | 152 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 609 | 0 | 80 | 529 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 782 | 0 | 176 | 606 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 69 | 0 | 21 | 48 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 874 | 0 | 279 | 595 |
| 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 176 | 0 | 20 | 156 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 75 | 0 | 5 | 70 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 513 | 4 | 61 | 448 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 953 | 8 | 162 | 783 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 208 | 0 | 11 | 197 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 336 | 6 | 55 | 275 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 239 | 1 | 33 | 205 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 97 | 5 | 22 | 70 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 6 215 | 0 | 23 | 6 192 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 812 | 7 | 107 | 698 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 9 907 | 1 | 388 | 9 518 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 4 493 | 0 | 127 | 4 366 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 899 | 0 | 66 | 833 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 2 567 | 1 | 115 | 2 451 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 1 948 | 0 | 80 | 1 868 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 859 | 2 | 82 | 775 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 122 | 0 | 17 | 105 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 86 | 1 | 10 | 75 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 412 | 0 | 41 | 371 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 64 | 0 | 6 | 58 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 175 | 1 | 8 | 166 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 663 | 0 | 54 | 609 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 124 | 0 | 10 | 114 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 85 | 22 | 42 | 21 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 336 | 24 | 50 | 262 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 51 | 0 | 32 | 19 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 397 | 0 | 243 | 154 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 1 052 | 7 | 302 | 743 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 840 | 6 | 148 | 686 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 46 | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 548 | 0 | 28 | 520 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 69 | 0 | 57 | 12 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 151 | 1 | 42 | 108 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 172 | 1 | 129 | 42 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 19 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 46 | 0 | 8 | 38 |
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 2c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2016, females
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
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