Statistics Norway

Causes of death

15 Deaths by accidents. 20091
ICD-10 Injury by external cause Total 0-14 years 15-17 years 18-24 years 25-44 years 45-64 years 65-79 years 80 years and over
V01-X59,Y85-Y86 Accidents, total 1 989 27 21 96  283  336  264  962
Males 1 114 17 16 76  236  251  153  365
Females  875 10 5 20 47 85  111  597
V01-V89 Landtransport accidents  234 8 18 46 56 54 33 19
Males  183 5 15 37 50 42 21 13
Females 51 3 3 9 6 12 12 6
V95-V97 Air and space transport accidents 2 - - - 2 - - -
Males 2 - - - 2 - - -
Females - - - - - - - -
V91,V93-V94 Water transport accidents, not causing drowning and submersion 7 1 - - 1 3 1 1
Males 6 1 - - 1 2 1 1
Females 1 - - - - 1 - -
V90,V92 Water- transport-related drowning and submersion 18 - - 1 1 12 4 -
Males 17 - - 1 1 11 4 -
Females 1 - - - - 1 - -
W65-W74 Accidental drowning and submersion 71 8 - 7 17 20 13 6
Males 61 5 - 6 14 20 10 6
Females 10 3 - 1 3 - 3 -
W00-W19 Falls  400 2 - 4 8 47 75  264
Males  210 1 - 3 8 37 48  113
Females  190 1 - 1 - 10 27  151
W32-W34 Discharge from firearms 1 - - - 1 - - -
Males 1 - - - 1 - - -
Females - - - - - - - -
W75-W84 Other accidental threats to breathing 55 4 - 1 2 13 10 25
Males 26 2 - 1 1 5 4 13
Females 29 2 - - 1 8 6 12
W85-W87 Exposure to electric current 2 - 1 - - 1 - -
Males 2 - 1 - - 1 - -
Females - - - - - - - -
X00-X09 Exposure to smoke, fire and flames 53 3 - 3 13 13 8 13
Males 35 3 - 3 10 7 4 8
Females 18 - - - 3 6 4 5
X20-X29 Contact with venomous animals and plants 1 - - - - 1 - -
Males 1 - - - - 1 - -
Females - - - - - - - -
X30-X39 Exposure to forces of nature 29 - - 2 3 13 8 3
Males 21 - - 1 3 10 7 -
Females 8 - - 1 - 3 1 3
X40-X49 Accidental poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances  365 - 2 31  164  132 20 16
Males  268 - - 23  133 92 14 6
Females 97 - 2 8 31 40 6 10
Rest V01-X59 Other accidents  711 - - 1 12 21 88  589
Males  263 - - 1 10 18 38  196
Females  448 - - - 2 3 50  393
Y85-Y86 Sequelae of accidents 40 1 - - 3 6 4 26
Males 18 - - - 2 5 2 9
Females 22 1 - - 1 1 2 17
1  Following recommadations from WHO all acute intoxication deaths (F10-F19 with fourth digit 0) have been moved from chapter V to chapter XX in ICD-10. For the same reason many pneumonia deaths have been coded differently than in earlier years, cfr. DS 30/3-05, Causes of Death 2003.

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