Statistics Norway

Causes of death

2   Deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death. The whole country. 20041
Cause of death. Abbreviated basic list Total Age
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 41 257  187 70 64  319  446  775 1 666 3 369 5 791 28 570
Males 20 025  100 38 29  232  305  489 1 016 2 087 3 576 12 153
Females 21 232 87 32 35 87  141  286  650 1 282 2 215 16 417
                       
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                      
Total 38 702  182 47 37 76  163  455 1 383 3 122 5 585 27 652
Males 18 472 97 28 12 48 91  266  829 1 919 3 434 11 748
Females 20 230 85 19 25 28 72  189  554 1 203 2 151 15 904
                       
01 Infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99)                      
Total  590 4 1 2 3 2 14 18 32 47  467
Males  263 2 - - 1 1 8 10 18 31  192
Females  327 2 1 2 2 1 6 8 14 16  275
02 Tuberculosis (A15-A19, B90)                      
Total 44 1 - - - - - - 1 2 40
Males 17 - - - - - - - - 2 15
Females 27 1 - - - - - - 1 - 25
03 Meningococcal infection (A39)                      
Total 2 1 - - - - - - 1 - -
Males 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Females 1 - - - - - - - 1 - -
04 AIDS (HIV-disease) (B20-B24)                      
Total 23 - - - - 1 10 4 7 - 1
Males 17 - - - - - 7 3 6 - 1
Females 6 - - - - 1 3 1 1 - -
05 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)                      
Total 17 - - - - - 1 6 5 2 3
Males 10 - - - - - - 3 4 2 1
Females 7 - - - - - 1 3 1 - 2
06 Neoplasms (C00-D48)                      
Total 10 738 2 11 14 18 65  191  652 1 576 2 452 5 757
Males 5 694 1 5 5 10 31 78  302  822 1 427 3 013
Females 5 044 1 6 9 8 34  113  350  754 1 025 2 744
07 Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)                      
Total 10 489 2 11 13 18 65  191  648 1 564 2 413 5 564
Males 5 589 1 5 4 10 31 78  301  817 1 401 2 941
Females 4 900 1 6 9 8 34  113  347  747 1 012 2 623
08 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)                      
Total  138 - - - - - 1 13 30 33 61
Males 88 - - - - - 1 10 25 24 28
Females 50 - - - - - - 3 5 9 33
09 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15)                      
Total  196 - - - - - 2 14 26 66 88
Males  137 - - - - - 1 10 20 51 55
Females 59 - - - - - 1 4 6 15 33
10 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)                      
Total  408 - - - - 4 9 19 56 84  236
Males  244 - - - - 2 7 7 36 53  139
Females  164 - - - - 2 2 12 20 31 97
11 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18)                      
Total 1 170 - - - - 5 13 52  132  248  720
Males  562 - - - - 3 6 32 75  129  317
Females  608 - - - - 2 7 20 57  119  403
12 Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus (C19-C21)                      
Total  416 - - - - 1 5 29 37 94  250
Males  244 - - - - 1 3 19 22 61  138
Females  172 - - - - - 2 10 15 33  112
13 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)                      
Total  135 - - - - - 4 6 9 36 80
Males 65 - - - - - 3 4 6 21 31
Females 70 - - - - - 1 2 3 15 49
14 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)                      
Total  622 - 1 - - 2 11 40 97  147  324
Males  297 - - - - 1 4 22 50 86  134
Females  325 - 1 - - 1 7 18 47 61  190
15 Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung (C32-C34)                      
Total 1 960 - - - - 2 17  127  425  635  754
Males 1 211 - - - - 1 8 72  248  405  477
Females  749 - - - - 1 9 55  177  230  277
16 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)                      
Total  266 - - - 1 9 13 28 51 61  103
Males  143 - - - 1 2 4 12 33 36 55
Females  123 - - - - 7 9 16 18 25 48
17 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)                      
Total  697 - - - - 5 40 97  130  126  299
Males 3 - - - - - - - 1 - 2
Females  694 - - - - 5 40 97  129  126  297
18 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53)                      
Total 81 - - - - 2 7 13 19 12 28
Females 81 - - - - 2 7 13 19 12 28
19 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus (C54-C55)                      
Total  131 - - - - 2 - 7 21 32 69
Females  131 - - - - 2 - 7 21 32 69
20 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)                      
Total  330 - - - 2 2 6 32 80 61  147
Females  330 - - - 2 2 6 32 80 61  147
21 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)                      
Total 1 074 - - - - - - 10 51  191  822
Males 1 074 - - - - - - 10 51  191  822
22 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64)                      
Total  250 1 - - - 1 2 13 46 63  124
Males  147 - - - - - 2 11 33 41 60
Females  103 1 - - - 1 - 2 13 22 64
23 Maglignant neoplasm of bladder (C67)                      
Total  390 - - - - - 4 13 29 63  281
Males  269 - - - - - 2 8 26 48  185
Females  121 - - - - - 2 5 3 15 96
24 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid/haematapoietic tissue (C81-C96)                      
Total  915 - 4 6 7 9 13 42  125  189  520
Males  491 - 2 2 5 7 10 27 78  114  246
Females  424 - 2 4 2 2 3 15 47 75  274
25 Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)                      
Total  123 - 2 2 1 - 4 3 5 10 96
Males 49 - 2 1 1 - 3 3 1 4 34
Females 74 - - 1 - - 1 - 4 6 62
26 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)                      
Total  829 5 2 2 6 10 19 40 63 93  589
Males  367 3 1 1 3 5 17 30 45 63  199
Females  462 2 1 1 3 5 2 10 18 30  390
27 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)                      
Total  621 - - - 2 5 12 28 47 79  448
Males  293 - - - 2 2 11 19 32 56  171
Females  328 - - - - 3 1 9 15 23  277
28 Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)                      
Total 1 288 - - - 2 6 26 59 66 82 1 047
Males  468 - - - 1 4 19 47 54 56  287
Females  820 - - - 1 2 7 12 12 26  760
29 Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic psychosis) (F10)                      
Total  171 - - - 1 1 6 42 49 41 31
Males  149 - - - - 1 3 38 44 36 27
Females 22 - - - 1 - 3 4 5 5 4
30 Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F16, F18-F19)                      
Total 37 - - - 1 5 17 10 3 1 -
Males 26 - - - 1 3 13 7 1 1 -
Females 11 - - - - 2 4 3 2 - -
31 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)                      
Total 1 348 3 7 4 12 12 22 47  101  201  939
Males  609 1 5 1 9 7 12 28 59  106  381
Females  739 2 2 3 3 5 10 19 42 95  558
32 Meningitis (G00-G03)                      
Total 23 - 1 - - 1 - 4 1 6 10
Males 13 - 1 - - 1 - 3 1 3 4
Females 10 - - - - - - 1 - 3 6
33 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)                      
Total 15 862 6 2 5 7 28 99  303  797 1 807 12 808
Males 7 293 5 2 1 4 18 79  231  592 1 211 5 150
Females 8 569 1 - 4 3 10 20 72  205  596 7 658
34 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)                      
Total 6 769 - - - - 6 50  179  430  895 5 209
Males 3 557 - - - - 4 45  152  347  668 2 341
Females 3 212 - - - - 2 5 27 83  227 2 868
35 Other heart diseases (I30-I33,I39-I52)                      
Total 3 044 3 2 5 3 9 14 34 92  209 2 673
Males 1 174 2 2 1 1 8 9 24 65  135  927
Females 1 870 1 - 4 2 1 5 10 27 74 1 746
36 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)                      
Total 3 828 - - - 4 9 25 51  150  420 3 169
Males 1 541 - - - 3 4 19 23 93  233 1 166
Females 2 287 - - - 1 5 6 28 57  187 2 003
37 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)                      
Total 3 494 - 1 1 - 4 4 50  183  433 2 818
Males 1 711 - 1 - - 3 2 25  109  255 1 316
Females 1 783 - - 1 - 1 2 25 74  178 1 502
38 Influenza (J10-J11)                      
Total 21 - - - - - - - 1 1 19
Males 9 - - - - - - - 1 1 7
Females 12 - - - - - - - - - 12
39 Pneumonia (J12-J18)                      
Total 1 453 - 1 - - 1 1 9 21 60 1 360
Males  630 - 1 - - 1 1 7 13 48  559
Females  823 - - - - - - 2 8 12  801
40 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)                      
Total 1 702 - - - - - 3 33  139  327 1 200
Males  904 - - - - - 1 14 80  175  634
Females  798 - - - - - 2 19 59  152  566
41 Asthma (J45-J46)                      
Total  120 - - - - - 2 10 10 22 76
Males 51 - - - - - - 6 6 11 28
Females 69 - - - - - 2 4 4 11 48
42 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)                      
Total 1 391 2 - - 2 2 17 93  120  182  973
Males  628 2 - - 2 1 10 68 87  101  357
Females  763 - - - - 1 7 25 33 81  616
43 Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and jejunum (K25-K28)                      
Total  237 - - - - 1 2 6 11 25  192
Males  101 - - - - - 2 3 6 17 73
Females  136 - - - - 1 - 3 5 8  119
44 Chronic liver disease (K70, K73-K74)                      
Total  256 - - - - 1 10 65 73 56 51
Males  182 - - - - 1 6 49 58 39 29
Females 74 - - - - - 4 16 15 17 22
45 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)                      
Total 72 - - - - - 1 1 1 2 67
Males 30 - - - - - - 1 1 1 27
Females 42 - - - - - 1 - - 1 40
46 Diseases of musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)                      
Total  259 - - - - - 7 6 10 35  201
Males 90 - - - - - 4 5 5 20 56
Females  169 - - - - - 3 1 5 15  145
47 Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis (M05-M06, M15-M19)                      
Total  110 - - - - - - 1 3 21 85
Males 36 - - - - - - 1 1 10 24
Females 74 - - - - - - - 2 11 61
48 Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99)                      
Total  739 - - - - - 3 6 8 42  680
Males  350 - - - - - 3 2 6 26  313
Females  389 - - - - - - 4 2 16  367
49 Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29)                      
Total  488 - - - - - 3 5 7 30  443
Males  248 - - - - - 3 2 6 20  217
Females  240 - - - - - - 3 1 10  226
50 Complicatons of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)                      
Total - - - - - - - - - - -
Females - - - - - - - - - - -
51 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)                      
Total 83 80 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Males 45 42 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Females 38 38 - - - - - - - - -
52 Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)                      
Total  162 64 14 5 8 12 10 18 17 8 6
Males 85 30 7 2 6 9 4 10 9 4 4
Females 77 34 7 3 2 3 6 8 8 4 2
53 Congenital malformation of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)                      
Total 10 5 2 1 - 2 - - - - -
Males 5 2 1 - - 2 - - - - -
Females 5 3 1 1 - - - - - - -
54 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)                      
Total 50 21 4 1 5 4 6 2 3 - 4
Males 27 12 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 - 2
Females 23 9 2 - 2 2 4 1 1 - 2
55 Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)                      
Total 1 724 16 6 1 16 22 38 87  143  191 1 204
Males  790 11 4 - 10 12 27 67  111  129  419
Females  934 5 2 1 6 10 11 20 32 62  785
56 Sudden infant death syndrome (R95)                      
Total 19 14 5 - - - - - - - -
Males 12 9 3 - - - - - - - -
Females 7 5 2 - - - - - - - -
57 Unknown and unspecified causes (R96-R99)                      
Total 1 228 2 1 1 16 22 38 87  140  186  735
Males  668 2 1 - 10 12 27 67  110  126  313
Females  560 - - 1 6 10 11 20 30 60  422
                       
Violent deaths, total                      
Total 2 555 5 23 27  243  283  320  283  247  206  918
Males 1 553 3 10 17  184  214  223  187  168  142  405
Females 1 002 2 13 10 59 69 97 96 79 64  513
59 Accidents (V01-X59, Y85-Y86)                      
Total 1 980 4 22 24  155  192  216  163  177  156  871
Males 1 165 2 10 17  121  144  156  111  127  105  372
Females  815 2 12 7 34 48 60 52 50 51  499
60 Transport accidents (V01-V99, Y85)                      
Total  358 2 5 8 79 56 43 35 43 34 53
Males  271 1 2 6 64 42 36 27 36 21 36
Females 87 1 3 2 15 14 7 8 7 13 17
61 Accidental falls (W00-W19)                      
Total  783 - - - 7 5 9 16 30 56  660
Males  349 - - - 5 3 6 11 18 39  267
Females  434 - - - 2 2 3 5 12 17  393
62 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49)                      
Total  379 - - - 47 93  111 66 39 15 8
Males  261 - - - 37 73 79 40 23 7 2
Females  118 - - - 10 20 32 26 16 8 6
63 Suicide and intentional self-harm (X60-X84,Y87.0)                      
Total  529 - - 3 78 79  100  111 67 49 42
Males  359 - - - 58 59 65 73 39 36 29
Females  170 - - 3 20 20 35 38 28 13 13
64 Homicide, assault (X85-Y09, Y87.1)                      
Total 39 1 - - 9 10 4 8 3 1 3
Males 25 1 - - 5 9 2 3 2 1 2
Females 14 - - - 4 1 2 5 1 - 1
65 Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34, Y87.2)                      
Total 3 - - - 1 2 - - - - -
Males 2 - - - - 2 - - - - -
Females 1 - - - 1 - - - - - -
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 March 2005, Causes of Death 2003.

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