Statistics Norway

Causes of death

14 Deaths among children 1-17 years, by sex and underlying cause of death. 2007
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) 80 17 10 24 29 60 19 13 15 13
                     
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99) 38 10 8 13 7 48 18 10 10 10
Infectious an parasitic diseases(A00-B99) - - - - - 2 2 - - -
Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97) 12 2 2 5 3 14 2 5 3 4
Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F19) - - - - - - - - - -
Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) - - - - - - - - - -
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) - - - - - - - - - -
Influenza (J10-J11) - - - - - - - - - -
Pneumonia (J12-J18) - - - - - 1 - 1 - -
Asthma (J45-J46) - - - - - 1 1 - - -
Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-44, J47) - - - - - - - - - -
Certain conditions orginating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 1 - 1 - - 2 2 - - -
Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 8 3 2 3 - 7 2 2 2 1
Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) 1 1 - - - 2 2 - - -
Deaths from other diseases (Rest A00-R99) 16 4 3 5 4 19 7 2 5 5
                     
Violent deaths, total (V01-Y89) 42 7 2 11 22 12 1 3 5 3
Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) 17 2 1 5 9 2 - - 1 1
Accidental falls (W00-W19) 3 - - - 3 1 - 1 - -
X00-X09 Exposure to smoke, fire and flames(X00-X09) 2 2 - - - 4 - 1 3 -
Accidental poisoning (X40-X49) 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84, Y87.0) 8 - - 2 6 2 - - - 2
Homicide, assault(X85-Y09, Y87.1) 3 - 1 1 1 2 - 1 1 -
Other violent deaths (Rest V01-Y89) 8 3 - 3 2 1 1 - - -

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