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Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, males

Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) Ages total 0-14 15-64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 27 182 87 5 274 21 821
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 24 899 74 4 120 20 705
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 122 1 29 92
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 19 0 1 18
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 2 0 1 1
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 101 1 27 73
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 6 883 8 1 257 5 618
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 6 717 8 1 244 5 465
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 128 0 47 81
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 232 0 68 164
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 221 0 48 173
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 444 0 108 336
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 241 0 38 203
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 352 0 51 301
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 647 0 152 495
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 1 507 0 261 1 246
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 154 0 42 112
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 5 0 1 4
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) 895 0 64 831
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 212 0 47 165
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 201 0 19 182
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 609 1 84 524
21 Other malignant neoplasms 869 7 214 648
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 166 0 13 153
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 399 7 115 277
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 309 0 93 216
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 90 7 22 61
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 3 273 0 15 3 258
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 932 4 130 798
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 9 547 1 1 338 8 208
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 5 401 0 712 4 689
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 889 0 223 666
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 1 783 1 193 1 589
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 1 474 0 210 1 264
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 303 1 109 1 193
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 175 0 10 165
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 57 0 11 46
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 828 0 73 755
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 17 0 1 16
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 226 1 14 211
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 543 0 104 439
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 115 0 13 102
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 93 20 48 25
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 287 31 100 156
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 133 1 72 60
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 269 0 790 479
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 2 230 12 1 140 1 078
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 1 506 7 600 899
42 Land traffic accidents 143 2 86 55
43 Other land transport accidents 31 1 23 7
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 42 0 17 25
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 5 0 5 0
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 668 0 101 567
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 93 1 42 50
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 214 0 193 21
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 310 3 133 174
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 618 4 454 160
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 51 1 46 4
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 53 0 39 14
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 2 0 1 1
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 53 1 14 38

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 16.12.2019

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2018, Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2018, males . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2018/ksyyt_2018_2019-12-16_tau_002_en.html