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Appendix table 2b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2016, males

Underlying cause of death (54-group classification) Ages total 0-14 15-64 65-
01-54 TOTAL DEATHS (A00-Y89) 26 947 102 5 613 21 232
01-41 DISEASES AND ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY ALCOHOL (A00-R99, X45) 24 776 89 4 461 20 226
01-03 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99, J65) 151 0 45 106
01 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90, J65) 17 0 2 15
02 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 5 0 5 0
03 Other infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A09, A20-B19, B25-B89, B91-B99) 129 0 38 91
04-22 Neoplasms (C00-D48) 6 824 11 1 337 5 476
04-21 Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 6 672 10 1 326 5 336
04 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 133 0 48 85
05 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 210 0 69 141
06 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 258 0 67 191
07 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18, C19) 439 0 79 360
08 Malignant neoplasm of rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21) 241 0 54 187
09 Primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 350 0 75 275
10 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 582 0 147 435
11 Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34) 1 527 0 307 1 220
12 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 146 0 45 101
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) 888 0 50 838
18 Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64) 223 0 42 181
19 Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 205 0 28 177
20 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 598 2 93 503
21 Other malignant neoplasms 865 8 218 639
22 Other neoplasms (D00-D48) 152 1 11 140
23-24 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 402 8 109 285
23 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 303 1 79 223
24 Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E09, E15-E90) 99 7 30 62
25 Dementia, Alzheimers disease (F01, F03, G30, R54) 2 960 0 21 2 939
26 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs excl. alcohol-related 887 4 147 736
27-30 Diseases of the circulatory system excl. alcohol-related (I00-I425, I427-I99) 9 758 2 1 442 8 314
27 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 5 690 0 793 4 897
28 Other heart diseases excl. rheumatic and alcohol-related (I30-I425, I427-I52) 937 1 240 696
29 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 1 811 0 200 1 611
30 Other diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I15, I26-I28, I70-I99) 1 320 1 209 1 110
31-35 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J64, J66-J99) 1 274 2 157 1 115
31 Influenza (J09-J11) 108 2 24 82
32 Pneumonia (J12-J18, J849) 88 0 26 62
33 Bronchitis and emphysema (J40-J44, J47) 806 0 87 719
34 Asthma (J45-J46) 26 0 1 25
35 Other diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J06, J20-J39, J60-J64, J66-J848, J85-J99) 246 0 19 227
36 Diseases of the digestive system excl. alcohol-related diseases 554 0 114 440
37 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 124 0 11 113
38 Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 112 31 58 23
39 Other diseases excl. alcohol-related 260 31 89 140
40 Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96-R99) 137 0 74 63
41 Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 333 0 857 476
42-53 ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENCE excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-Y89) 2 127 13 1 139 975
42-49 Accidents excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (V01-X44, X46-X59, Y10-Y15, Y85-Y86) 1 403 11 582 810
42 Land traffic accidents 166 6 115 45
43 Other land transport accidents 28 0 16 12
44 Water transport accidents (V90-V94) 36 0 21 15
45 Others and unspecified transport accidents (V95-V99) 0 0 0 0
46 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 648 0 122 526
47 Accidental drownings (W65-W74) 71 1 34 36
48 Accidental poisonings excl. accidental poisoning by alcohol (X40-X44, X46-X49, Y10-Y15) 176 0 159 17
49 Other accidents and sequelae of accidents 278 4 115 159
50 Suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0) 615 2 471 142
51 Assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 44 0 38 6
52 Event of undetermined intent (Y16-Y34, Y87.2) 60 0 46 14
53 Other external causes and sequelae of other external causes (Y35-Y84, Y88-Y89) 5 0 2 3
54 NO DEATH CERTIFICATE 44 0 13 31

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Airi Pajunen 029 551 3605, Jari Hellanto 029 551 3291, Kati Taskinen 029 551 3648, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 29.12.2017

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2016, Appendix table 2b. Deaths by underlying cause of death and by age in 2016, males . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2016/ksyyt_2016_2017-12-29_tau_003_en.html