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Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2015, females

Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) Ages total 0-14 15-64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 26 418 78 2 555 23 785
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 25 258 67 2 237 22 954
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 126 0 15 111
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 17 0 0 17
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 0 0 0 0
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 109 0 15 94
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 5 858 6 1 153 4 699
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 5 687 6 1 144 4 537
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 98 0 24 74
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 65 0 13 52
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 192 0 50 142
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 415 0 61 354
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 142 0 30 112
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 188 0 21 167
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 597 0 92 505
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 781 0 164 617
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 78 0 21 57
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 816 0 237 579
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 63 0 28 35
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) 194 0 32 162
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 334 0 88 246
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 0 0 0 0
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 148 0 15 133
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 71 0 14 57
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 529 1 72 456
21 Other malignant neoplasms 976 5 182 789
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 171 0 9 162
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 311 3 56 252
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 232 0 39 193
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 79 3 17 59
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 5 863 0 19 5 844
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 783 8 112 663
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 9 894 3 382 9 509
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 4 660 0 131 4 529
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 882 1 59 822
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 2 499 1 113 2 385
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 1 853 1 79 1 773
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 782 0 61 721
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 79 0 5 74
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 88 0 7 81
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 432 0 38 394
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 58 0 8 50
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 125 0 3 122
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 640 0 64 576
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 150 0 5 145
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 75 13 41 21
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 343 32 53 258
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 55 2 30 23
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 378 0 246 132
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 1 013 11 300 702
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 807 11 144 652
42 Land traffic accidents 66 6 31 29
43 Other land transport accidents 7 1 4 2
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 1 0 0 1
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 0 0 0 0
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 538 0 28 510
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 19 2 8 9
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 63 0 40 23
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 113 2 33 78
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 173 0 129 44
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 16 0 14 2
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 13 0 12 1
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 4 0 1 3
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 147 0 18 129

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 30.12.2016

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2015, Appendix table 1c. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2015, females . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2015/ksyyt_2015_2016-12-30_tau_003_en.html