Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2017, both sexes
| Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 53 670 | 182 | 7 936 | 45 552 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 50 260 | 159 | 6 435 | 43 666 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 286 | 7 | 47 | 232 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 35 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) | 245 | 7 | 41 | 197 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 12 949 | 24 | 2 441 | 10 484 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 12 573 | 24 | 2 414 | 10 135 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 183 | 0 | 63 | 120 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 296 | 0 | 69 | 227 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 440 | 0 | 88 | 352 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 909 | 0 | 146 | 763 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 459 | 0 | 92 | 367 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 543 | 0 | 114 | 429 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 1 168 | 0 | 209 | 959 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 2 310 | 0 | 446 | 1 864 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 226 | 0 | 59 | 167 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 913 | 0 | 271 | 642 |
| 14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 55 | 0 | 27 | 28 |
| 15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) | 202 | 0 | 22 | 180 |
| 16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 330 | 0 | 76 | 254 |
| 17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 898 | 0 | 57 | 841 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 324 | 1 | 63 | 260 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 277 | 0 | 28 | 249 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 1 144 | 5 | 168 | 971 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 896 | 18 | 416 | 1 462 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 376 | 0 | 27 | 349 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 756 | 13 | 178 | 565 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 566 | 0 | 116 | 450 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 190 | 13 | 62 | 115 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 9 390 | 0 | 44 | 9 346 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 1 785 | 11 | 234 | 1 540 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 19 077 | 2 | 1 809 | 17 266 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 9 861 | 0 | 867 | 8 994 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 1 755 | 2 | 299 | 1 454 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 4 044 | 0 | 301 | 3 743 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 3 417 | 0 | 342 | 3 075 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 2 084 | 1 | 190 | 1 893 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 256 | 0 | 11 | 245 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 120 | 0 | 29 | 91 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 1 265 | 0 | 117 | 1 148 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 83 | 0 | 6 | 77 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 360 | 1 | 27 | 332 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 1 231 | 0 | 189 | 1 042 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 207 | 0 | 18 | 189 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 189 | 41 | 87 | 61 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 551 | 56 | 111 | 384 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 197 | 4 | 99 | 94 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 1 558 | 0 | 988 | 570 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 3 267 | 21 | 1 481 | 1 765 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 2 325 | 15 | 766 | 1 544 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 198 | 7 | 122 | 69 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 38 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 41 | 1 | 22 | 18 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 1 237 | 0 | 137 | 1 100 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 91 | 2 | 44 | 45 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 291 | 0 | 253 | 38 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 427 | 4 | 168 | 255 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 824 | 5 | 634 | 185 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 61 | 1 | 45 | 15 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 51 | 0 | 35 | 16 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 143 | 2 | 20 | 121 |
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
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Causes of death [e-publication].
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Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2017, both sexes
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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