Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, both sexes
| Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 54 523 | 167 | 7 827 | 46 529 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 51 061 | 150 | 6 319 | 44 592 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 244 | 6 | 40 | 198 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 31 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 210 | 6 | 37 | 167 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 12 902 | 19 | 2 369 | 10 514 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 12 558 | 17 | 2 349 | 10 192 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 198 | 0 | 64 | 134 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 317 | 0 | 79 | 238 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 377 | 0 | 84 | 293 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 869 | 0 | 178 | 691 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 425 | 0 | 72 | 353 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 533 | 0 | 77 | 456 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 1 298 | 0 | 248 | 1 050 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 2 318 | 0 | 413 | 1 905 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 242 | 0 | 62 | 180 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 859 | 0 | 269 | 590 |
| 14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 55 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
| 15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) | 216 | 0 | 25 | 191 |
| 16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 310 | 0 | 83 | 227 |
| 17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 895 | 0 | 64 | 831 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 353 | 0 | 57 | 296 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 291 | 0 | 27 | 264 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 1 119 | 5 | 145 | 969 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 883 | 12 | 378 | 1 493 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 344 | 2 | 20 | 322 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 742 | 12 | 189 | 541 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 541 | 0 | 132 | 409 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 201 | 12 | 57 | 132 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 10 120 | 0 | 35 | 10 085 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 1 872 | 8 | 245 | 1 619 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 18 827 | 2 | 1 708 | 17 117 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 9 453 | 1 | 837 | 8 615 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 1 766 | 0 | 283 | 1 483 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 4 043 | 1 | 313 | 3 729 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 3 565 | 0 | 275 | 3 290 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 2 234 | 5 | 176 | 2 053 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 436 | 2 | 19 | 415 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 106 | 0 | 18 | 88 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 1 238 | 0 | 109 | 1 129 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 74 | 0 | 9 | 65 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 380 | 3 | 21 | 356 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 1 205 | 0 | 159 | 1 046 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 232 | 0 | 16 | 216 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 175 | 39 | 93 | 43 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 630 | 58 | 155 | 417 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 195 | 1 | 102 | 92 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 1 683 | 0 | 1 032 | 651 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 3 341 | 16 | 1 489 | 1 836 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 2 387 | 8 | 777 | 1 602 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 199 | 3 | 113 | 83 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 35 | 1 | 25 | 9 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 46 | 0 | 19 | 27 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 1 237 | 0 | 123 | 1 114 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 122 | 1 | 50 | 71 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 305 | 0 | 264 | 41 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 438 | 3 | 178 | 257 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 810 | 6 | 601 | 203 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 68 | 2 | 61 | 5 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 70 | 0 | 48 | 22 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 121 | 1 | 19 | 101 |
Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Kati Taskinen 029 551 3648, Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 16.12.2019
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Causes of death [e-publication].
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Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, both sexes
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.12.2024].
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