Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2020, females
| Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) | Ages total | 0–14 | 15–64 | 65- |
| 00-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 27 527 | 58 | 2 351 | 25 118 |
| 00-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99,U07, X45) | 26 482 | 50 | 2 024 | 24 408 |
| 00 COVID-19 (U071, U072) | 276 | 0 | 5 | 271 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 107 | 1 | 16 | 90 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 95 | 0 | 16 | 79 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 6 257 | 7 | 1 005 | 5 245 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 6 038 | 7 | 989 | 5 042 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 77 | 0 | 12 | 65 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 110 | 0 | 19 | 91 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 177 | 0 | 38 | 139 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 447 | 0 | 66 | 381 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 148 | 0 | 28 | 120 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 174 | 1 | 24 | 149 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 682 | 0 | 78 | 604 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 872 | 0 | 140 | 732 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 82 | 0 | 19 | 63 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 946 | 0 | 236 | 710 |
| 14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 47 | 0 | 22 | 25 |
| 15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) | 215 | 0 | 21 | 194 |
| 16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 277 | 0 | 51 | 226 |
| 17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 152 | 1 | 21 | 130 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 94 | 0 | 9 | 85 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 515 | 0 | 50 | 465 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 023 | 5 | 155 | 863 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 219 | 0 | 16 | 203 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 400 | 5 | 67 | 328 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 285 | 1 | 35 | 249 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 115 | 4 | 32 | 79 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 7 178 | 0 | 28 | 7 150 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 994 | 1 | 92 | 901 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 8 955 | 0 | 347 | 8 608 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 3 540 | 0 | 103 | 3 437 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 736 | 0 | 49 | 687 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 2198 | 0 | 101 | 2 097 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 2 481 | 0 | 94 | 2 387 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 619 | 2 | 40 | 577 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 21 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 41 | 2 | 3 | 36 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 387 | 0 | 25 | 362 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 43 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 127 | 0 | 4 | 123 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 738 | 0 | 60 | 678 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 74 | 0 | 7 | 67 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 90 | 13 | 48 | 29 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 345 | 21 | 56 | 268 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 51 | 0 | 19 | 32 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 398 | 0 | 234 | 164 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 983 | 7 | 322 | 654 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 756 | 4 | 141 | 611 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 40 | 1 | 23 | 16 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 496 | 0 | 25 | 471 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 27 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 75 | 0 | 60 | 15 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 114 | 1 | 21 | 92 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 188 | 2 | 157 | 29 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 18 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 17 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 62 | 1 | 5 | 56 |
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 10.12.2021
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
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Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2020, females
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