Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, females
Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 27 341 | 80 | 2 553 | 24 708 |
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 26 162 | 76 | 2 199 | 23 887 |
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 122 | 5 | 11 | 106 |
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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) | 109 | 5 | 10 | 94 |
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 6 019 | 11 | 1 112 | 4 896 |
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 5 841 | 9 | 1 105 | 4 727 |
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 70 | 0 | 17 | 53 |
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 85 | 0 | 11 | 74 |
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 156 | 0 | 36 | 120 |
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 425 | 0 | 70 | 355 |
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 184 | 0 | 34 | 150 |
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 181 | 0 | 26 | 155 |
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 651 | 0 | 96 | 555 |
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 811 | 0 | 152 | 659 |
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 88 | 0 | 20 | 68 |
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 854 | 0 | 268 | 586 |
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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 141 | 0 | 10 | 131 |
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 90 | 0 | 8 | 82 |
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 510 | 4 | 61 | 445 |
21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 014 | 5 | 164 | 845 |
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 178 | 2 | 7 | 169 |
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 343 | 5 | 74 | 264 |
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 232 | 0 | 39 | 193 |
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 111 | 5 | 35 | 71 |
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 6 847 | 0 | 20 | 6 827 |
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 940 | 4 | 115 | 821 |
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 9 280 | 1 | 370 | 8 909 |
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 4 052 | 1 | 125 | 3 926 |
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 877 | 0 | 60 | 817 |
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 2 260 | 0 | 120 | 2 140 |
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 2 091 | 0 | 65 | 2 026 |
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 931 | 4 | 67 | 860 |
31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 261 | 2 | 9 | 250 |
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 49 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 410 | 0 | 36 | 374 |
34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 57 | 0 | 8 | 49 |
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 154 | 2 | 7 | 145 |
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 662 | 0 | 55 | 607 |
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 117 | 0 | 3 | 114 |
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 82 | 19 | 45 | 18 |
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 343 | 27 | 55 | 261 |
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 62 | 0 | 30 | 32 |
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 414 | 0 | 242 | 172 |
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 1 111 | 4 | 349 | 758 |
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 881 | 1 | 177 | 703 |
42 Land traffic accidents | 56 | 1 | 27 | 28 |
43 Other land transport accidents | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 569 | 0 | 22 | 547 |
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 29 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 91 | 0 | 71 | 20 |
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 128 | 0 | 45 | 83 |
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 192 | 2 | 147 | 43 |
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 17 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 68 | 0 | 5 | 63 |
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):
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Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, females
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