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Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2014, both sexes

Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) Ages total     0–14       15–64      65–
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 52 409 212 8 661 43 536
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 48 730 185 6 928 41 617
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 310 3 50 257
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 40 0 0 40
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 3 0 3 0
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 267 3 47 217
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 12 270 23 2 479 9 768
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 11 915 23 2 452 9 440
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 217 0 66 151
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 274 0 80 194
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 413 0 94 319
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 821 0 169 652
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 408 0 86 322
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 489 0 95 394
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 1 080 0 223 857
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 2 192 0 477 1 715
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 228 0 57 171
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 817 0 255 562
14 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 53 0 18 35
15 Malignant neoplasm of uterus (C54-C55) 194 0 35 159
16 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 346 0 86 260
17 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 859 0 55 804
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 360 0 68 292
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 242 0 28 214
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 1 177 4 171 1 002
21 Other malignant neoplasms 1 745 19 389 1 337
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 355 0 27 328
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 679 19 154 506
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 498 1 112 385
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 181 18 42 121
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 8 116 0 45 8 071
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 1 645 14 252 1 379
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 19 555 4 1 958 17 593
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 10 337 0 997 9 340
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 1 844 2 314 1 528
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 4 428 1 381 4 046
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 2 946 1 266 2 679
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 837 4 198 1 635
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 45 1 12 32
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 204 2 23 179
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 1 167 0 125 1 042
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 89 0 4 85
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 332 1 34 297
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 1 253 1 197 1 055
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 315 2 26 287
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 177 51 84 42
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 557 62 126 369
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 175 2 101 72
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 841 0 1 258 583
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 3 202 27 1 564 1 611
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 2 226 18 798 1 410
42 Land traffic accidents 201 9 131 61
43 Other land transport accidents 41 0 26 15
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 47 0 26 21
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 12 0 10 2
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 1 141 1 149 991
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 115 2 62 51
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 243 0 210 33
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 426 6 184 236
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 789 2 624 163
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 78 6 67 5
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 93 1 72 20
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 16 0 3 13
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 477 0 169 308

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 30.12.2015

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2014, Appendix table 1a. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2014, both sexes . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2014/ksyyt_2014_2015-12-30_tau_001_en.html