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Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2019, males

Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) Ages total 0–14 15–64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 27 088 92 4 960 22 036
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 24 960 77 3881 21 002
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 98 2 24 72
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 13 0 0 13
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 2 0 2 0
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 83 2 22 59
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 7 097 8 1 187 5 902
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 6 924 8 1 174 5 742
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 142 0 40 102
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 229 0 66 163
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 237 0 48 189
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 490 0 76 414
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 284 0 51 233
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 385 0 70 315
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 578 0 130 448
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 1 537 0 239 1 298
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 136 1 41 94
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 7 0 2 5
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 0 0 0 0
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) 0 0 0 0
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 0 0 0 0
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 922 0 53 869
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 194 0 37 157
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 231 0 22 209
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 657 2 85 570
21 Other malignant neoplasms 895 5 214 676
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 173 0 13 160
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 432 7 103 322
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 316 1 73 242
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 116 6 30 80
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 3 401 0 18 3 383
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 1 030 5 150 875
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 9 255 5 1 254 7 996
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 4 944 0 607 4 337
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 912 2 237 673
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 1 788 3 185 1 600
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 1 611 0 225 1 386
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 205 2 115 1 088
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 85 0 10 75
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 47 2 13 32
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 787 0 77 710
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 20 0 0 20
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 266 0 15 251
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 585 1 97 487
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 91 0 9 82
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 81 17 35 29
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 261 30 79 152
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 118 0 62 56
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 306 0 748 558
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 2 064 15 1 061 988
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 1 412 11 564 837
42 Land traffic accidents 131 1 96 34
43 Other land transport accidents 29 0 13 16
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 34 1 17 16
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 1 0 0 1
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 622 0 87 535
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 83 6 29 48
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 201 0 186 15
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 311 3 136 172
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 567 2 431 134
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 43 2 34 7
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 40 0 31 9
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 2 0 1 1
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 64 0 18 46

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Kati Taskinen 029 551 3648, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi

Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala


Updated 14.12.2020

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2019, Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2019, males . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2019/ksyyt_2019_2020-12-14_tau_002_en.html