Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2019, both sexes
| Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) | Ages total | 0–14 | 15–64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 53 962 | 165 | 7 368 | 46 429 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 50 715 | 139 | 5 976 | 44 600 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 210 | 3 | 37 | 170 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 178 | 3 | 35 | 140 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 13 267 | 16 | 2 200 | 11 051 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 12 899 | 15 | 2 176 | 10 708 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 219 | 0 | 51 | 168 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 315 | 0 | 83 | 232 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 416 | 0 | 85 | 331 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 919 | 0 | 139 | 780 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 453 | 0 | 82 | 371 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 572 | 0 | 89 | 483 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 1 199 | 0 | 224 | 975 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 2 383 | 0 | 368 | 2 015 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 217 | 1 | 66 | 150 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 881 | 0 | 229 | 652 |
| 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) | 922 | 0 | 53 | 869 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 341 | 0 | 56 | 285 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 317 | 0 | 26 | 291 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 1 227 | 5 | 134 | 1 088 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 931 | 9 | 383 | 1 539 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 368 | 1 | 24 | 343 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 803 | 11 | 170 | 622 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 595 | 1 | 122 | 472 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 208 | 10 | 48 | 150 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 10 153 | 0 | 43 | 10 110 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 1 933 | 9 | 270 | 1 654 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 18 267 | 7 | 1 609 | 16 651 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 8 630 | 0 | 717 | 7 913 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 1 689 | 3 | 289 | 1 397 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 3 991 | 4 | 284 | 3 703 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 3 957 | 0 | 319 | 3 638 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 1 969 | 3 | 171 | 1 795 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 185 | 1 | 18 | 166 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 86 | 2 | 16 | 68 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 1 221 | 0 | 111 | 1 110 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 63 | 0 | 5 | 58 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 414 | 0 | 21 | 393 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 1 271 | 1 | 151 | 1 119 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 198 | 0 | 15 | 183 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 171 | 39 | 78 | 54 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 569 | 50 | 135 | 384 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 186 | 0 | 95 | 91 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 1 718 | 0 | 1 002 | 716 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 3 117 | 24 | 1 370 | 1 723 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 2 245 | 17 | 709 | 1 519 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 174 | 2 | 120 | 52 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 30 | 0 | 13 | 17 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 34 | 1 | 17 | 16 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 1 190 | 0 | 111 | 1 079 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 101 | 7 | 34 | 60 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 278 | 0 | 246 | 32 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 436 | 7 | 167 | 262 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 746 | 4 | 573 | 169 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 65 | 2 | 51 | 12 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 53 | 0 | 36 | 17 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 130 | 2 | 22 | 106 |
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
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