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Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2017, males

Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) Ages total 0-14 15-64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 26 859 97 5 358 21 404
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 24 588 84 4 211 20 293
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 145 6 23 116
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 13 0 2 11
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 5 0 3 2
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 127 6 18 103
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 6 905 14 1 300 5 591
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 6 736 14 1 286 5 436
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 125 0 44 81
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 221 0 56 165
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 249 0 55 194
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 439 0 77 362
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 278 0 62 216
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 345 0 72 273
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 577 0 130 447
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 1 535 0 294 1 241
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 152 0 42 110
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 5 0 2 3
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 0 0 0 0
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) 0 0 0 0
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 0 0 0 0
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 898 0 57 841
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 185 0 47 138
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 199 0 20 179
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 655 4 109 542
21 Other malignant neoplasms 873 10 219 644
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 169 0 14 155
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 412 8 117 287
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 324 0 83 241
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 88 8 34 46
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 3 059 0 22 3 037
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 920 5 126 789
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 9 553 1 1 404 8 148
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 5 486 0 745 4 741
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 923 1 224 698
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 1 728 0 191 1 537
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 1 416 0 244 1 172
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 263 0 129 1 134
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 113 0 7 106
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 62 0 19 43
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 839 0 77 762
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 20 0 4 16
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 229 0 22 207
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 606 0 140 466
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 99 0 15 84
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 90 19 44 27
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 254 31 69 154
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 122 0 70 52
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 160 0 752 408
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 2 204 12 1 133 1 059
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 1 519 10 606 903
42 Land traffic accidents 151 5 105 41
43 Other land transport accidents 34 1 16 17
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 38 0 21 17
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 2 0 2 0
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 714 0 110 604
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 79 2 39 38
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 202 0 178 24
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 299 2 135 162
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 611 2 474 135
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 34 0 30 4
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 37 0 22 15
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 3 0 1 2
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 67 1 14 52

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, Kati Taskinen 029 551 3648, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 17.12.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2017, Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2017, males . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2017/ksyyt_2017_2018-12-17_tau_002_en.html