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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

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2019, Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2019, females . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2019/ksyyt_2019_2020-12-14_tau_003_en.html