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Statistics on the population's use of general hospitals; diagnoses, treatment level as inpatient stays, outpatient consultations and day treatment, distributed by geography, gender and age. Mental health care and multidisciplinary specialist substance abuse treatment are not included.

Updated: 5 May 2025
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from the statistics

  • Number of persons with at least one treatment at general hospitals, by sex.
    Number of persons with at least one treatment at general hospitals, by sex.1
    2024
    Both sexesFemalesMales
    Patients at general hospital, in total2 139 9261 150 412989 560
    In-patients522 989288 295234 696
    Patients with day cases292 528163 444129 086
    Out-patients1 986 5491 068 927917 661
    1One person can have received treatment at more than one level of care. Only Norwegian residents are included. Source: NPR
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  • Patients in general hospitals by gender and diagnose
    Patients in general hospitals by gender and diagnose
    2024
    Totals, both sexesPercentage share womenPercentage share men
    DIAGNOSIS
    INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES46 0044654
    NEOPLASMS215 5925446
    DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS AND CERTAIN DISORDERS INVOLVING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM29 8135347
    ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES156 3715347
    DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM184 1045149
    DISEASES OF THE EYE AND ADNEXA108 3265347
    DISEASES OF THE EAR AND MASTOID PROCESS110 0844852
    DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM224 3744258
    DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM152 0574852
    DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM245 7465248
    DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE110 0005545
    DISEASES OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE378 7125842
    DISEASES OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM217 4836535
    PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND THE PUERPERIUM78 6581000
    CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD10 3644456
    CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS48 2784654
    SYMPTOMS, SIGNS AND ABNORMAL CLINICAL AND LABORATORY FINDINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED347 0995347
    INJURY, POISONING AND CERTAIN OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF EXTERNAL CAUSES355 2424852
    OTHER CAUSES AND UNSPECIFIED CAUSES617 2825842
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About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 12 September 2021.

General Hospitals are hospitals that admit patients with physical disorders; as opposed to psychiatric hospitals.

In-patients: admission with an actual or planned overnight stay.

Patients with day cases: admission without an overnight stay and treatment at the out-patient clinic that is more comprehensive than an out-patient consultation.

Out-patients: short-term treatment performed in hospital.

Bed-days: is the number of days an admitted patient with in-patient stays takes up a bed.

Classification of diseases:diagnoses are encoded by ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases). Classification ICD-10 gives information on the patient's condition, but gives little information about the treatment.

Diagnosis refers to the main condition for which the patient receives treatment.

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