Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2019, females
| Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) | Ages total | 0–14 | 15–64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 26 874 | 73 | 2 408 | 24 393 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 25 755 | 62 | 2 095 | 23 598 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 112 | 1 | 13 | 98 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 95 | 1 | 13 | 81 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 6 170 | 8 | 1 013 | 5 149 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 5 975 | 7 | 1 002 | 4 966 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 77 | 0 | 11 | 66 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 86 | 0 | 17 | 69 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 179 | 0 | 37 | 142 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 429 | 0 | 63 | 366 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 169 | 0 | 31 | 138 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 187 | 0 | 19 | 168 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 621 | 0 | 94 | 527 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 846 | 0 | 129 | 717 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 81 | 0 | 25 | 56 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 874 | 0 | 227 | 647 |
| 14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 45 | 0 | 27 | 18 |
| 15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) | 221 | 0 | 36 | 185 |
| 16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 321 | 0 | 45 | 276 |
| 17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 147 | 0 | 19 | 128 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 86 | 0 | 4 | 82 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 570 | 3 | 49 | 518 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 036 | 4 | 169 | 863 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 195 | 1 | 11 | 183 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 371 | 4 | 67 | 300 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 279 | 0 | 49 | 230 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 92 | 4 | 18 | 70 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 6 752 | 0 | 25 | 6 727 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 903 | 4 | 120 | 779 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 9 012 | 2 | 355 | 8 655 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 3 686 | 0 | 110 | 3 576 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 777 | 1 | 52 | 724 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 2 203 | 1 | 99 | 2 103 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 2 346 | 0 | 94 | 2 252 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 764 | 1 | 56 | 707 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 100 | 1 | 8 | 91 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 39 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 434 | 0 | 34 | 400 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 43 | 0 | 5 | 38 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 148 | 0 | 6 | 142 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 686 | 0 | 54 | 632 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 107 | 0 | 6 | 101 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 90 | 22 | 43 | 25 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 308 | 20 | 56 | 232 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 68 | 0 | 33 | 35 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 412 | 0 | 254 | 158 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 1 053 | 9 | 309 | 735 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 833 | 6 | 145 | 682 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 43 | 1 | 24 | 18 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 568 | 0 | 24 | 544 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 77 | 0 | 60 | 17 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 125 | 4 | 31 | 90 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 179 | 2 | 142 | 35 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 22 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 66 | 2 | 4 | 60 |
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
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Causes of death [e-publication].
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Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2019, females
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