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Causes of death, time series classification with 54 categories

Valid classification

- A classification of causes of death, which is comparable over time, made in the statistics on causes of death.
- The classification was made to describe the development of causes of death in Finland as a comparable time series. The classification is available starting from the data for 1969.
- The classification has been formed on the basis of the most detailed codes of the classification of disease in use in the statistics on causes of deaths in various years and does not comply with the main group levels of the classifications of diseases. Codes according to the international ICD-10 classification belonging to one individual category are listed in brackets after each category.
  
  The key between the classification and the ICD classifications (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problem) used in the statistics on causes of death can be found on the web pages of the statistics on causes of death under Classifications – Cause of Death Statistics' key to Classifications https://stat.fi/til/ksyyt/ksyyt_2018-11-12_luo_001_en.html .
  
  A change in the World Health Organization WHO’s coding rules has reduced pneumonia as an underlying cause since 2005. Chronic disease mentioned in the death certificate is recorded as the person's underlying cause of death instead of pneumonia.
  The cases mainly moved to dementia and cerebrovascular diseases.
  
  In 1998, a new category 54 ‘No death certificate’ was added to the classification. Between 1969 and 1997, the cases in this category are included in category 40 ‘Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality’.

Categories (64)

01-54 Total deaths (A00-Y89) ...

01-41 Diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol (A00-R99, X45) ...

01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) ...

01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) ...
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) ...
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) ...

04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) ...

04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) ...

04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) ...
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) ...
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) ...
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) ...
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) ...
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) ...
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) ...
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) ...
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) ...
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) ...
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) ...
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) ...
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) ...
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) ...
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) ...
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) ...
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) ...
21 Other malignant neoplasms ...

22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) ...

23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) ...

23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) ...
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) ...

25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) ...
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related ...
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) ...

27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) ...
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) ...
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) ...
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) ...

31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) ...

31 Influenza (J09-J11) ...
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) ...
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) ...
34 Asthma (J45-J46) ...
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) ...

36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases ...

37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) ...

38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) ...

39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related ...

40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) ...

41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol ...

42-53 Accidents and violence excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) ...

42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) ...

42 Land traffic accidents ...
43 Other land transport accidents ...
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) ...
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) ...
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) ...
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) ...
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) ...
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents ...

50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y870) ...

51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y871) ...

52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y872) ...

53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) ...

54 No death certificate ...

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