Statistics Norway

Causes of death

2   Deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death. The whole country. 2002
Cause of death. Abbreviated basic list Age
Total Under 1 year 1-6 years 7-14 years 15-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years 65-74 years 75 years and over
Deaths, total                      
Total 44 401  186 88 72  310  511  777 1 722 3 401 6 516 30 818
Males 21 617 92 49 40  226  377  519 1 066 2 083 4 005 13 160
Females 22 784 94 39 32 84  134  258  656 1 318 2 511 17 658
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                      
Total 42 114  186 70 48  120  284  555 1 500 3 192 6 321 29 838
Males 20 210 92 40 24 77  197  349  898 1 928 3 871 12 734
Females 21 904 94 30 24 43 87  206  602 1 264 2 450 17 104
01 Infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99)                      
Total  585 1 3 1 3 3 11 22 23 71  447
Males  259 - 1 - 2 3 8 12 12 43  178
Females  326 1 2 1 1 - 3 10 11 28  269
02 Tuberculosis (A15-A19,B90)                      
Total 33 - - - - - - - 1 6 26
Males 19 - - - - - - - - 4 15
Females 14 - - - - - - - 1 2 11
03 Meningococcal infection (A39)                      
Total 5 1 1 - - - - 3 - - -
Males 2 - 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Females 3 1 - - - - - 2 - - -
04 AIDS (HIV-disease) (B20-B24)                      
Total 12 - - - - 1 4 3 4 - -
Males 10 - - - - 1 3 2 4 - -
Females 2 - - - - - 1 1 - - -
05 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)                      
Total 10 - - - - 2 3 3 1 - 1
Males 9 - - - - 2 2 3 1 - 1
Females 1 - - - - - 1 - - - -
06 Neoplasms (C00-D48)                      
Total 10 901 4 14 13 24 51  196  693 1 613 2 524 5 769
Males 5 780 2 9 7 11 29 88  321  838 1 439 3 036
Females 5 121 2 5 6 13 22  108  372  775 1 085 2 733
07 Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)                      
Total 10 633 3 13 13 24 50  193  680 1 605 2 484 5 568
Males 5 660 2 9 7 11 29 85  314  836 1 415 2 952
Females 4 973 1 4 6 13 21  108  366  769 1 069 2 616
08 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)                      
Total  151 - - - - 1 2 11 35 44 58
Males 95 - - - - 1 2 9 25 31 27
Females 56 - - - - - - 2 10 13 31
09 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15)                      
Total  156 - - - - - 2 14 36 47 57
Males  117 - - - - - 1 9 28 42 37
Females 39 - - - - - 1 5 8 5 20
10 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)                      
Total  439 - - - - 1 13 17 50  106  252
Males  254 - - - - - 6 12 35 58  143
Females  185 - - - - 1 7 5 15 48  109
11 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18)                      
Total 1 089 - - - - 4 11 53  121  242  658
Males  522 - - - - 2 5 24 61  136  294
Females  567 - - - - 2 6 29 60  106  364
12 Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus (C19-C21)                      
Total  523 - - - 1 2 4 34 68  119  295
Males  302 - - - - 1 4 18 41 75  163
Females  221 - - - 1 1 - 16 27 44  132
13 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)                      
Total 86 1 - - - - 1 5 9 21 49
Males 50 1 - - - - 1 3 9 11 25
Females 36 - - - - - - 2 - 10 24
14 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)                      
Total  646 - - - - 1 3 35  105  154  348
Males  295 - - - - 1 - 21 57 80  136
Females  351 - - - - - 3 14 48 74  212
15 Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung (C32-C34)                      
Total 1 956 - - - 1 1 28  146  389  617  774
Males 1 268 - - - 1 - 17 80  241  416  513
Females  688 - - - - 1 11 66  148  201  261
16 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)                      
Total  212 - - - 1 1 17 23 52 46 72
Males  130 - - - - 1 10 14 32 32 41
Females 82 - - - 1 - 7 9 20 14 31
17 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)                      
Total  739 - - - - 6 33 88  149  126  337
Males 4 - - - - - - - - 1 3
Females  735 - - - - 6 33 88  149  125  334
18 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53)                      
Total 99 - - - - 2 11 19 14 20 33
Females 99 - - - - 2 11 19 14 20 33
19 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus (C54-C55)                      
Total  153 - - - - - 2 8 17 40 86
Females  153 - - - - - 2 8 17 40 86
20 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)                      
Total  359 - - - - - 10 39 73 94  143
Females  359 - - - - - 10 39 73 94  143
21 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)                      
Total 1 066 - - - - - - 9 59  182  816
Males 1 066 - - - - - - 9 59  182  816
22 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64)                      
Total  218 - - - - - 3 19 40 32  124
Males  123 - - - - - 2 18 25 21 57
Females 95 - - - - - 1 1 15 11 67
23 Maglignant neoplasm of bladder (C67)                      
Total  371 - - - - - 1 4 25 70  271
Males  254 - - - - - - 2 19 48  185
Females  117 - - - - - 1 2 6 22 86
24 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid/haematapoietic tissue (C81-C96)                      
Total  880 - 7 5 6 9 10 41  128  225  449
Males  446 - 6 2 1 6 7 22 67  127  208
Females  434 - 1 3 5 3 3 19 61 98  241
25 Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)                      
Total  123 1 - 1 1 - 2 5 7 11 95
Males 46 - - - - - 2 5 1 7 31
Females 77 1 - 1 1 - - - 6 4 64
26 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)                      
Total  912 4 4 9 3 16 25 40 76  121  614
Males  408 2 2 6 1 10 19 26 49 84  209
Females  504 2 2 3 2 6 6 14 27 37  405
27 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)                      
Total  680 - - - 2 10 16 26 56 95  475
Males  328 - - - 1 8 13 19 40 67  180
Females  352 - - - 1 2 3 7 16 28  295
28 Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)                      
Total 1 310 - - 1 38  117 96 82 77 89  810
Males  589 - - - 29 99 69 66 62 63  201
Females  721 - - 1 9 18 27 16 15 26  609
29 Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic psychosis) (F10)                      
Total  190 - - - - 2 12 50 60 47 19
Males  160 - - - - 2 10 41 54 39 14
Females 30 - - - - - 2 9 6 8 5
30 Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F16,F18-F19)                      
Total  272 - - - 38  112 82 30 9 1 -
Males  215 - - - 29 96 59 25 5 1 -
Females 57 - - - 9 16 23 5 4 - -
31 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)                      
Total 1 126 7 13 6 12 16 26 66 72  210  698
Males  510 5 9 3 8 7 18 36 35  113  276
Females  616 2 4 3 4 9 8 30 37 97  422
32 Meningitis (G00-G03)                      
Total 20 - - - - 1 1 1 1 7 9
Males 13 - - - - 1 1 1 1 4 5
Females 7 - - - - - - - - 3 4
33 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)                      
Total 17 642 1 4 1 7 30  112  372  815 2 207 14 093
Males 8 321 1 3 1 4 19 87  274  618 1 500 5 814
Females 9 321 - 1 - 3 11 25 98  197  707 8 279
34 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)                      
Total 7 821 - - - - 10 52  215  487 1 177 5 880
Males 4 197 - - - - 6 43  179  394  846 2 729
Females 3 624 - - - - 4 9 36 93  331 3 151
35 Other heart diseases (I30-I33,I39-I52)                      
Total 3 281 1 3 1 4 11 22 41 86  227 2 885
Males 1 359 1 3 1 2 6 18 33 64  163 1 068
Females 1 922 - - - 2 5 4 8 22 64 1 817
36 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)                      
Total 4 296 - - - - 7 21 62  145  480 3 581
Males 1 721 - - - - 5 10 31 93  282 1 300
Females 2 575 - - - - 2 11 31 52  198 2 281
37 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)                      
Total 4 669 1 3 2 2 3 13 44  168  544 3 889
Males 2 153 1 1 1 1 2 8 28 91  302 1 718
Females 2 516 - 2 1 1 1 5 16 77  242 2 171
38 Influenza (J10-J11)                      
Total 35 - 1 - - - - - 1 3 30
Males 10 - 1 - - - - - - 1 8
Females 25 - - - - - - - 1 2 22
39 Pneumonia (J12-J18)                      
Total 2 560 - 1 1 - - 3 8 26  115 2 406
Males 1 009 - - - - - 3 6 16 64  920
Females 1 551 - 1 1 - - - 2 10 51 1 486
40 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)                      
Total 1 764 - 1 - 2 3 4 32  126  375 1 221
Males  973 - - - 1 2 3 20 64  206  677
Females  791 - 1 - 1 1 1 12 62  169  544
41 Asthma (J45-J46)                      
Total  170 - 1 - 1 3 1 7 25 27  105
Males 82 - - - 1 2 1 2 14 13 49
Females 88 - 1 - - 1 - 5 11 14 56
42 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)                      
Total 1 364 1 2 - 1 7 23 67  129  191  943
Males  608 1 2 - 1 5 14 51 80  102  352
Females  756 - - - - 2 9 16 49 89  591
43 Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and jejunum (K25-K28)                      
Total  250 - - - - - 2 5 13 47  183
Males  100 - - - - - 1 2 10 26 61
Females  150 - - - - - 1 3 3 21  122
44 Chronic liver disease (K70,K73-K74)                      
Total  232 - - - - 3 14 48 77 50 40
Males  148 - - - - 1 8 38 51 31 19
Females 84 - - - - 2 6 10 26 19 21
45 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)                      
Total 79 - - - - - - - 2 2 75
Males 22 - - - - - - - 1 - 21
Females 57 - - - - - - - 1 2 54
46 Diseases of musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)                      
Total  288 - - - 1 3 6 9 25 45  199
Males 82 - - - 1 1 2 3 9 15 51
Females  206 - - - - 2 4 6 16 30  148
47 Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis (M05-M06,M15-M19)                      
Total  110 - - - - - 2 - 8 20 80
Males 23 - - - - - 1 - 3 5 14
Females 87 - - - - - 1 - 5 15 66
48 Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99)                      
Total  688 - - - - 3 - 4 9 57  615
Males  322 - - - - 2 - 3 4 35  278
Females  366 - - - - 1 - 1 5 22  337
49 Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29)                      
Total  436 - - - - 2 - 4 8 48  374
Males  217 - - - - 1 - 3 4 28  181
Females  219 - - - - 1 - 1 4 20  193
50 Complicatons of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)                      
Total 2 - - - - 2 - - - - -
Females 2 - - - - 2 - - - - -
51 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)                      
Total 91 85 3 1 - 2 - - - - -
Males 42 39 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
Females 49 46 2 - - 1 - - - - -
52 Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)                      
Total  141 60 15 6 7 7 2 11 22 6 5
Males 73 25 7 3 2 3 2 9 17 3 2
Females 68 35 8 3 5 4 - 2 5 3 3
53 Congenital malformation of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)                      
Total 19 7 3 3 2 1 - 1 1 1 -
Males 7 3 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 -
Females 12 4 2 2 2 1 - - 1 - -
54 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)                      
Total 46 22 10 - 3 3 1 2 5 - -
Males 29 10 6 - 2 3 1 2 5 - -
Females 17 12 4 - 1 - - - - - -
55 Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)                      
Total 2 193 21 9 7 21 24 43 85  154  243 1 586
Males  995 16 5 2 17 16 32 64  111  165  567
Females 1 198 5 4 5 4 8 11 21 43 78 1 019
56 Sudden infant death syndrome (R95)                      
Total 22 17 5 - - - - - - - -
Males 16 13 3 - - - - - - - -
Females 6 4 2 - - - - - - - -
57 Unknown and unspecified causes (R96-R99)                      
Total 1 610 4 4 7 21 24 42 84  154  237 1 033
Males  844 3 2 2 17 16 31 63  111  162  437
Females  766 1 2 5 4 8 11 21 43 75  596
Violent deaths, total                      
Total 2 287 - 18 24  190  227  222  222  209  195  980
Males 1 407 - 9 16  149  180  170  168  155  134  426
Females  880 - 9 8 41 47 52 54 54 61  554
59 Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)                      
Total 1 742 - 16 19  114  122  122  147  121  149  932
Males 1 012 - 8 14 91  100  100  113 95  103  388
Females  730 - 8 5 23 22 22 34 26 46  544
60 Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85)                      
Total  386 - 5 10 80 76 46 57 31 40 41
Males  305 - 1 7 68 63 40 45 24 32 25
Females 81 - 4 3 12 13 6 12 7 8 16
61 Accidental falls (W00-W19)                      
Total  856 - 1 2 6 9 13 12 28 62  723
Males  392 - 1 1 5 8 12 12 22 41  290
Females  464 - - 1 1 1 1 - 6 21  433
62 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49)                      
Total  110 - - - 4 9 23 36 24 7 7
Males 66 - - - 1 6 16 23 15 3 2
Females 44 - - - 3 3 7 13 9 4 5
63 Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0)                      
Total  494 - - 2 64 97 92 70 81 44 44
Males  362 - - 2 49 74 63 53 55 30 36
Females  132 - - - 15 23 29 17 26 14 8
64 Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1)                      
Total 39 - 1 3 9 8 5 5 5 2 1
Males 26 - 1 - 6 6 4 2 5 1 1
Females 13 - - 3 3 2 1 3 - 1 -
65 Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2)                      
Total 8 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 1
Males 6 - - - 2 - 3 - - - 1
Females 2 - 1 - - - - - 1 - -

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