Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2017, females
| Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) | Ages total | 0-14 | 15-64 | 65- |
| 01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 26 811 | 85 | 2 578 | 24 148 |
| 01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) | 25 672 | 75 | 2 224 | 23 373 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 141 | 1 | 24 | 116 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 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) | 118 | 1 | 23 | 94 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 6 044 | 10 | 1 141 | 4 893 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 5 837 | 10 | 1 128 | 4 699 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 58 | 0 | 19 | 39 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 75 | 0 | 13 | 62 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 191 | 0 | 33 | 158 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 470 | 0 | 69 | 401 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 181 | 0 | 30 | 151 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 198 | 0 | 42 | 156 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 591 | 0 | 79 | 512 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 775 | 0 | 152 | 623 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 74 | 0 | 17 | 57 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 908 | 0 | 269 | 639 |
| 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 139 | 1 | 16 | 122 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 78 | 0 | 8 | 70 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 489 | 1 | 59 | 429 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 023 | 8 | 197 | 818 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 207 | 0 | 13 | 194 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 344 | 5 | 61 | 278 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 242 | 0 | 33 | 209 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 102 | 5 | 28 | 69 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 6 331 | 0 | 22 | 6 309 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 865 | 6 | 108 | 751 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 9 524 | 1 | 405 | 9 118 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 4 375 | 0 | 122 | 4 253 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 832 | 1 | 75 | 756 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 2 316 | 0 | 110 | 2 206 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 2 001 | 0 | 98 | 1 903 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 821 | 1 | 61 | 759 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 143 | 0 | 4 | 139 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 58 | 0 | 10 | 48 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 426 | 0 | 40 | 386 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 63 | 0 | 2 | 61 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 131 | 1 | 5 | 125 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 625 | 0 | 49 | 576 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 108 | 0 | 3 | 105 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 99 | 22 | 43 | 34 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 297 | 25 | 42 | 230 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 75 | 4 | 29 | 42 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 398 | 0 | 236 | 162 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 1 063 | 9 | 348 | 706 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 806 | 5 | 160 | 641 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 47 | 2 | 17 | 28 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 523 | 0 | 27 | 496 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 89 | 0 | 75 | 12 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 128 | 2 | 33 | 93 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 213 | 3 | 160 | 50 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 27 | 1 | 15 | 11 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 76 | 1 | 6 | 69 |
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].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2017,
Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2017, females
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2017/ksyyt_2017_2018-12-17_tau_003_en.html