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Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2013, both sexes

Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) Ages total     0 – 14       15 – 64      65-
01–54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 51 478 176 9 178 42 124
01–41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 47 925 156 7 348 40 421
01–03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 312 3 49 260
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 31 0 2 29
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 4 0 3 1
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 277 3 44 230
04–22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 12 224 20 2 640 9 564
04–21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 11 896 19 2 613 9 264
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 204 0 68 136
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 253 0 64 189
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 479 0 112 367
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 806 0 160 646
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 394 0 104 290
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 453 1 94 358
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 1 025 0 232 793
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 2 259 0 546 1 713
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 232 0 56 176
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 870 0 290 580
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 54 0 17 37
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) 187 0 26 161
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 305 0 73 232
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 853 0 60 793
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 370 0 71 299
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 257 0 32 225
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 1 143 5 187 951
21 Other malignant neoplasms 1 752 13 421 1 318
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 328 1 27 300
23–24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 632 10 183 439
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 488 0 147 341
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 144 10 36 98
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 7 543 0 53 7 490
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 1 368 6 257 1 105
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 19 548 10 2 041 17 497
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 10 552 0 1 030 9 522
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 1 806 9 326 1 471
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 4 419 1 369 4 049
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 2 771 0 316 2 455
31–35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 892 4 227 1 661
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 40 1 15 24
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 286 1 32 253
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 1 152 0 136 1 016
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 82 1 7 74
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 332 1 37 294
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 1 229 2 184 1 043
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 373 2 12 359
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 168 42 89 37
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 521 56 108 357
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 189 1 119 69
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 926 0 1 386 540
42–53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 3 286 20 1 707 1 559
42–49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 2 245 15 876 1 354
42 Land traffic accidents 235 6 147 82
43 Other land transport accidents 36 1 25 10
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 37 0 24 13
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 10 1 8 1
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 1 113 0 176 937
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 131 4 65 62
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 294 0 255 39
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 389 3 176 210
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 887 2 706 179
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 78 0 74 4
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 67 2 50 15
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 9 1 1 7
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 267 0 123 144

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Riitta Harala


Updated 30.12.2014

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2013, Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2013, both sexes . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 20.4.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2013/ksyyt_2013_2014-12-30_tau_001_en.html