Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2020, males
| Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) | Ages total | 0–14 | 15–64 | 65- |
| 00-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) | 27 971 | 87 | 5 253 | 22 631 |
| 00-40 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, U07, X45) | 25 804 | 74 | 4 188 | 21 542 |
| 00 COVID-19 (U071, U072) | 282 | 0 | 37 | 245 |
| 01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) | 96 | 0 | 24 | 72 |
| 01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 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) | 85 | 0 | 20 | 65 |
| 04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 7 154 | 11 | 1 241 | 5 902 |
| 04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 6 960 | 10 | 1 225 | 5 725 |
| 04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 148 | 0 | 51 | 97 |
| 05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) | 246 | 0 | 68 | 178 |
| 06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 235 | 0 | 53 | 182 |
| 07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) | 450 | 0 | 78 | 372 |
| 08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) | 230 | 0 | 51 | 179 |
| 09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 389 | 0 | 73 | 316 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 630 | 0 | 118 | 512 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) | 1 450 | 0 | 248 | 1 202 |
| 12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 146 | 0 | 31 | 115 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 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) | 920 | 0 | 45 | 875 |
| 18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) | 201 | 1 | 40 | 160 |
| 19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 216 | 0 | 21 | 195 |
| 20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 669 | 1 | 89 | 579 |
| 21 Other malignant neoplasms | 1 025 | 8 | 257 | 760 |
| 22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) | 194 | 1 | 16 | 177 |
| 23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 487 | 4 | 147 | 336 |
| 23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 382 | 0 | 118 | 264 |
| 24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) | 105 | 4 | 29 | 72 |
| 25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) | 3 495 | 0 | 24 | 3 471 |
| 26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related | 1 082 | 8 | 149 | 925 |
| 27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) | 9 541 | 5 | 1299 | 8 237 |
| 27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 5 060 | 0 | 622 | 4438 |
| 28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) | 902 | 2 | 240 | 660 |
| 29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 1 828 | 2 | 197 | 1 629 |
| 30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) | 1 751 | 1 | 240 | 1 510 |
| 31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) | 1 130 | 2 | 99 | 1 029 |
| 31 Influenza (J09-J11) | 37 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
| 32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) | 49 | 2 | 5 | 42 |
| 33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) | 817 | 0 | 69 | 748 |
| 34 Asthma (J45-J46) | 24 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) | 203 | 0 | 15 | 188 |
| 36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases | 621 | 1 | 133 | 487 |
| 37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 112 | 0 | 9 | 103 |
| 38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 81 | 18 | 42 | 21 |
| 39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related | 260 | 24 | 85 | 151 |
| 40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) | 145 | 1 | 70 | 74 |
| 41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol | 1 318 | 0 | 829 | 489 |
| 42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) | 2 101 | 13 | 1 051 | 1 037 |
| 42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) | 1 457 | 7 | 559 | 891 |
| 42 Land traffic accidents | 155 | 1 | 99 | 55 |
| 43 Other land transport accidents | 27 | 2 | 13 | 12 |
| 44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) | 21 | 0 | 13 | 8 |
| 45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) | 655 | 0 | 78 | 577 |
| 47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) | 101 | 3 | 43 | 55 |
| 48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) | 235 | 0 | 214 | 21 |
| 49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents | 262 | 1 | 98 | 163 |
| 50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 529 | 2 | 403 | 124 |
| 51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 57 | 2 | 49 | 6 |
| 52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) | 57 | 2 | 40 | 15 |
| 53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE | 66 | 0 | 14 | 52 |
Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Kati Taskinen 029 551 3648, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi
Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala
Updated 10.12.2021
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
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