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Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, females

Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) Ages total 0-14 15-64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 27 341 80 2 553 24 708
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 26 162 76 2 199 23 887
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 122 5 11 106
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 12 0 0 12
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 1 0 1 0
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 109 5 10 94
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 6 019 11 1 112 4 896
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 5 841 9 1 105 4 727
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 70 0 17 53
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 85 0 11 74
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 156 0 36 120
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 425 0 70 355
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 184 0 34 150
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 181 0 26 155
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 651 0 96 555
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 811 0 152 659
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 88 0 20 68
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 854 0 268 586
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 55 0 24 31
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) 216 0 25 191
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 310 0 83 227
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 0 0 0 0
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 141 0 10 131
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 90 0 8 82
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 510 4 61 445
21 Other malignant neoplasms 1 014 5 164 845
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 178 2 7 169
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 343 5 74 264
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 232 0 39 193
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 111 5 35 71
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 6 847 0 20 6 827
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 940 4 115 821
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 9 280 1 370 8 909
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 4 052 1 125 3 926
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 877 0 60 817
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 2 260 0 120 2 140
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 2 091 0 65 2 026
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 931 4 67 860
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 261 2 9 250
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 49 0 7 42
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 410 0 36 374
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 57 0 8 49
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 154 2 7 145
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 662 0 55 607
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 117 0 3 114
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 82 19 45 18
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 343 27 55 261
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 62 0 30 32
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 414 0 242 172
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 1 111 4 349 758
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 881 1 177 703
42 Land traffic accidents 56 1 27 28
43 Other land transport accidents 4 0 2 2
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 4 0 2 2
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 0 0 0 0
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 569 0 22 547
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 29 0 8 21
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 91 0 71 20
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 128 0 45 83
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 192 2 147 43
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 17 1 15 1
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 17 0 9 8
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 4 0 1 3
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 68 0 5 63

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

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

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Updated 16.12.2019

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2018, Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, females . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2018/ksyyt_2018_2019-12-16_tau_003_en.html