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Appendix table 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2015, males

Underlying cause of death (54-group short list) Ages total 0-14 15-64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 25 884 85 5 634 20 165
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 23 654 64 4 433 19 157
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 132 1 25 106
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 16 0 0 16
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) 116 1 25 90
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 6 623 3 1 360 5 260
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 6 481 3 1 345 5 133
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 134 0 31 103
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 168 0 57 111
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 249 0 74 175
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 406 0 69 337
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 248 0 57 191
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 321 0 59 262
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 540 0 144 396
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 1 494 0 301 1 193
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 151 0 35 116
13 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 7 0 4 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) 898 0 62 836
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 219 0 55 164
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 190 0 25 165
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 636 0 128 508
21 Other malignant neoplasms 820 3 244 573
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 142 0 15 127
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 326 2 106 218
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 251 0 83 168
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 75 2 23 50
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 2 717 0 21 2 696
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 841 5 134 702
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 9 471 1 1 474 7 996
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 5 549 0 804 4 745
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 886 1 250 635
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 1 800 0 210 1 590
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 1 236 0 210 1 026
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 158 1 129 1 028
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 55 1 2 52
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 69 0 13 56
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 799 0 92 707
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 20 0 1 19
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 215 0 21 194
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 538 1 124 413
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 132 1 9 122
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 87 22 48 17
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 221 26 59 136
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 120 1 72 47
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 288 0 872 416
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 2 021 20 1 135 866
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 1 354 14 606 734
42 Land traffic accidents 166 6 112 48
43 Other land transport accidents 26 2 15 9
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 29 1 15 13
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 1 0 1 0
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 605 1 112 492
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 92 4 54 34
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 180 0 165 15
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 255 0 132 123
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 558 5 441 112
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 54 1 49 4
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 52 0 37 15
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 3 0 2 1
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 209 1 66 142

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 1b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2015, males . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2015/ksyyt_2015_2016-12-30_tau_002_en.html