Statistics Norway

Causes of death

14   Deaths among children 1-17 years, by sex and underlying cause of death. 2003
ICD-10 Cause of death Boys Girls
Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years
Total (A00-Y89)  123 29 23 30 41 82 31 13 20 18
                     
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99) 67 22 17 14 14 56 24 10 13 9
Infectious an parasitic diseases(A00-B99) 8 2 4 2 - 1 - - 1 -
Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97) 14 3 5 5 1 13 4 4 4 1
Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F19) - - - - - - - - - -
Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 2 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 -
Influenza (J10-J11) - - - - - - - - - -
Pneumonia (J12-J18) 2 2 - - - 1 1 - - -
Asthma (J45-J46) - - - - - - - - - -
Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-44,J47) 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Certain conditions orginating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 2 1 - 1 - 5 3 1 - 1
Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 8 3 3 1 1 14 7 - 5 2
Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) - - - - - - - - - -
Deaths from other diseases (Rest A00-R99) 29 10 4 4 11 21 9 5 2 5
                     
Violent deaths, total (V01-Y89) 56 7 6 16 27 26 7 3 7 9
Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) 29 3 4 8 14 8 5 1 1 1
Accidental falls (W00-W19) 1 - - - 1 2 - 1 - 1
Exposure to smoke, fire and flames(X00-X09) 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
Accidental poisoning (X40-X49) 1 - - - 1 2 - - - 2
Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0) 15 - 1 5 9 7 - - 3 4
Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1) 1 1 - - - 3 1 - 1 1
Other violent deaths (Rest V01-Y89) 8 3 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 -

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