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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

Referencing instructions:

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: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2017/ksyyt_2017_2018-12-17_tau_003_en.html