Statistics Norway

Causes of death

2 Deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death. The whole country. 20051,2
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 41 152  174 56 45  290  397  746 1 620 3 447 5 634 28 743
Males 20 065 96 36 31  207  276  471  975 2 099 3 428 12 446
Females 21 087 78 20 14 83  121  275  645 1 348 2 206 16 297
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                      
Total 38 742  172 41 31 83  145  468 1 370 3 199 5 496 27 737
Males 18 635 95 26 21 53 89  263  794 1 928 3 332 12 034
Females 20 107 77 15 10 30 56  205  576 1 271 2 164 15 703
01 Infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99)                      
Total  793 1 4 - 3 3 13 23 37 86  623
Males  380 - 3 - 2 2 10 15 24 58  266
Females  413 1 1 - 1 1 3 8 13 28  357
02 Tuberculosis (A15-A19,B90)                      
Total 42 - - - 1 - - 1 - 2 38
Males 20 - - - - - - 1 - - 19
Females 22 - - - 1 - - - - 2 19
03 Meningococcal infection (A39)                      
Total 3 - - - 1 - - - - - 2
Males 1 - - - 1 - - - - - -
Females 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
04 AIDS (HIV-disease) (B20-B24)                      
Total 24 - - - - - 7 9 5 3 -
Males 18 - - - - - 5 6 4 3 -
Females 6 - - - - - 2 3 1 - -
05 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)                      
Total 14 - - - - - 2 4 2 3 3
Males 11 - - - - - 2 3 2 2 2
Females 3 - - - - - - 1 - 1 1
06 Neoplasms (C00-D48)                      
Total 10 809 1 7 10 20 46  189  661 1 672 2 329 5 874
Males 5 706 1 5 6 13 27 71  294  873 1 337 3 079
Females 5 103 - 2 4 7 19  118  367  799  992 2 795
07 Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)                      
Total 10 564 1 7 10 20 45  187  660 1 660 2 300 5 674
Males 5 596 1 5 6 13 26 69  294  869 1 322 2 991
Females 4 968 - 2 4 7 19  118  366  791  978 2 683
08 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)                      
Total  143 - - - - 1 2 15 36 37 52
Males 92 - - - - 1 - 12 28 25 26
Females 51 - - - - - 2 3 8 12 26
09 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15)                      
Total  192 - - - - - 1 13 44 49 85
Males  135 - - - - - 1 13 28 39 54
Females 57 - - - - - - - 16 10 31
10 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)                      
Total  438 - - - - 3 7 28 59 91  250
Males  242 - - - - 1 3 13 43 53  129
Females  196 - - - - 2 4 15 16 38  121
11 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18)                      
Total 1 052 - - - 1 2 7 56  144  215  627
Males  492 - - - 1 2 4 28 71  123  263
Females  560 - - - - - 3 28 73 92  364
12 Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus (C19-C21)                      
Total  416 - - - - 1 9 23 77 88  218
Males  223 - - - - 1 5 16 45 54  102
Females  193 - - - - - 4 7 32 34  116
13 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)                      
Total  168 - - - 2 - 5 17 24 35 85
Males 93 - - - 1 - 2 11 18 20 41
Females 75 - - - 1 - 3 6 6 15 44
14 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)                      
Total  634 - - - - - 7 44  101  146  336
Males  297 - - - - - 4 22 55 82  134
Females  337 - - - - - 3 22 46 64  202
15 Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung (C32-C34)                      
Total 2 023 - - - - 2 16  129  421  591  864
Males 1 235 - - - - 1 8 65  250  355  556
Females  788 - - - - 1 8 64  171  236  308
16 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)                      
Total  293 - - - - 3 26 34 69 55  106
Males  172 - - - - 2 12 19 44 39 56
Females  121 - - - - 1 14 15 25 16 50
17 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)                      
Total  700 - - - - 5 35 86  120  129  325
Males 5 - - - - - - - 2 1 2
Females  695 - - - - 5 35 86  118  128  323
18 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53)                      
Total 72 - - - - - 9 16 14 8 25
Females 72 - - - - - 9 16 14 8 25
19 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus (C54-C55)                      
Total  156 - - - 1 - - 7 21 38 89
Females  156 - - - 1 - - 7 21 38 89
20 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)                      
Total  290 - - - - - 5 27 84 54  120
Females  290 - - - - - 5 27 84 54  120
21 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)                      
Total 1 041 - - - - - - 9 44  188  800
Males 1 041 - - - - - - 9 44  188  800
22 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64)                      
Total  244 - - - - 1 5 20 40 55  123
Males  165 - - - - - 4 16 34 38 73
Females 79 - - - - 1 1 4 6 17 50
23 Maglignant neoplasm of bladder (C67)                      
Total  364 - - - - - 2 5 33 65  259
Males  251 - - - - - 1 2 23 48  177
Females  113 - - - - - 1 3 10 17 82
24 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid/haematapoietic tissue (C81-C96)                      
Total 1 030 1 2 3 5 10 15 47  140  217  590
Males  533 1 2 2 3 7 7 20 79  122  290
Females  497 - - 1 2 3 8 27 61 95  300
25 Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)                      
Total  110 1 - - 2 2 3 7 6 8 81
Males 51 1 - - 1 2 1 4 2 5 35
Females 59 - - - 1 - 2 3 4 3 46
26 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)                      
Total 1 126 7 2 1 5 4 23 32 84  132  836
Males  493 5 2 1 4 3 19 20 52 84  303
Females  633 2 - - 1 1 4 12 32 48  533
27 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)                      
Total  795 - - 1 2 3 20 20 63  112  574
Males  383 - - 1 2 3 16 15 41 73  232
Females  412 - - - - - 4 5 22 39  342
28 Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)                      
Total 1 559 - - 1 3 7 23 60 67  101 1 297
Males  570 - - - 3 5 17 45 53 63  384
Females  989 - - 1 - 2 6 15 14 38  913
29 Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic psychosis) (F10)                      
Total  160 - - - - - 10 44 54 32 20
Males  136 - - - - - 10 36 45 26 19
Females 24 - - - - - - 8 9 6 1
30 Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F16,F18-F19)                      
Total 26 - - - 3 6 8 7 1 1 -
Males 20 - - - 3 5 5 5 1 1 -
Females 6 - - - - 1 3 2 - - -
31 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)                      
Total 1 302 3 8 7 22 12 24 62 92  199  873
Males  544 3 6 4 12 6 15 31 49 99  319
Females  758 - 2 3 10 6 9 31 43  100  554
32 Meningitis (G00-G03)                      
Total 21 - - - - - - 1 3 3 14
Males 10 - - - - - - 1 2 3 4
Females 11 - - - - - - - 1 - 10
33 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)                      
Total 14 537 1 2 5 5 28  119  312  748 1 619 11 698
Males 6 886 1 2 4 4 16 87  243  566 1 084 4 879
Females 7 651 - - 1 1 12 32 69  182  535 6 819
34 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)                      
Total 6 071 - - 1 3 7 69  176  436  757 4 622
Males 3 302 - - 1 3 6 60  146  346  557 2 183
Females 2 769 - - - - 1 9 30 90  200 2 439
35 Other heart diseases (I30-I33,I39-I52)                      
Total 2 739 1 1 3 - 8 23 41 91  209 2 362
Males 1 128 1 1 2 - 5 12 34 72  138  863
Females 1 611 - - 1 - 3 11 7 19 71 1 499
36 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)                      
Total 3 688 - - 1 - 4 12 55  123  379 3 114
Males 1 507 - - 1 - 3 5 30 77  230 1 161
Females 2 181 - - - - 1 7 25 46  149 1 953
37 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)                      
Total 4 082 2 2 - 3 4 9 55  162  526 3 319
Males 2 027 1 - - 1 2 6 25 87  302 1 603
Females 2 055 1 2 - 2 2 3 30 75  224 1 716
38 Influenza (J10-J11)                      
Total 50 - - - - - 1 - 2 5 42
Males 21 - - - - - - - 2 2 17
Females 29 - - - - - 1 - - 3 25
39 Pneumonia (J12-J18)                      
Total 1 895 2 2 - 1 1 6 15 26 93 1 749
Males  818 1 - - - - 5 8 14 52  738
Females 1 077 1 2 - 1 1 1 7 12 41 1 011
40 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)                      
Total 1 796 - - - - 2 1 33  107  363 1 290
Males  997 - - - - 2 - 12 52  202  729
Females  799 - - - - - 1 21 55  161  561
41 Asthma (J45-J46)                      
Total  118 - - - - 1 - 5 9 13 90
Males 47 - - - - 1 - 2 4 4 36
Females 71 - - - - - - 3 5 9 54
42 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)                      
Total 1 234 1 - - 2 6 14 59  129  164  859
Males  538 - - - 1 3 6 38 89 92  309
Females  696 1 - - 1 3 8 21 40 72  550
43 Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and jejunum (K25-K28)                      
Total  226 - - - - - 3 6 15 23  179
Males 88 - - - - - 2 5 12 13 56
Females  138 - - - - - 1 1 3 10  123
44 Chronic liver disease (K70,K73-K74)                      
Total  169 - - - - 1 4 31 64 41 28
Males  107 - - - - 1 2 20 47 24 13
Females 62 - - - - - 2 11 17 17 15
45 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)                      
Total 74 - - - - - - 1 2 4 67
Males 21 - - - - - - - 1 1 19
Females 53 - - - - - - 1 1 3 48
46 Diseases of musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)                      
Total  252 - - - 2 2 3 6 12 31  196
Males 77 - - - 2 - 1 4 3 15 52
Females  175 - - - - 2 2 2 9 16  144
47 Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis (M05-M06,M15-M19)                      
Total 72 - - - - - 1 - 4 9 58
Males 20 - - - - - - - 1 3 16
Females 52 - - - - - 1 - 3 6 42
48 Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99)                      
Total  858 - - - - 1 1 7 14 67  768
Males  412 - - - - 1 1 3 10 42  355
Females  446 - - - - - - 4 4 25  413
49 Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29)                      
Total  510 - - - - 1 1 7 12 43  446
Males  266 - - - - 1 1 3 8 28  225
Females  244 - - - - - - 4 4 15  221
50 Complicatons of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)                      
Total 2 - - - 1 - 1 - - - -
Females 2 - - - 1 - 1 - - - -
51 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)                      
Total 96 93 2 1 - - - - - - -
Males 50 48 1 1 - - - - - - -
Females 46 45 1 - - - - - - - -
52 Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)                      
Total  128 42 11 2 5 8 9 9 22 13 7
Males 71 24 5 1 3 4 6 6 12 8 2
Females 57 18 6 1 2 4 3 3 10 5 5
53 Congenital malformation of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)                      
Total 6 2 1 - - - - 2 - 1 -
Males 4 2 - - - - - 1 - 1 -
Females 2 - 1 - - - - 1 - - -
54 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)                      
Total 39 13 3 - 3 5 4 2 3 4 2
Males 24 9 1 - 2 4 3 1 2 2 -
Females 15 4 2 - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
55 Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)                      
Total 1 780 20 3 4 10 22 37 76  152  217 1 239
Males  809 11 2 4 7 18 23 66  107  142  429
Females  971 9 1 - 3 4 14 10 45 75  810
56 Sudden infant death syndrome (R95)                      
Total 23 20 3 - - - - - - - -
Males 13 11 2 - - - - - - - -
Females 10 9 1 - - - - - - - -
57 Unknown and unspecified causes (R96-R99)                      
Total 1 264 - - 4 10 22 33 74  148  211  762
Males  674 - - 4 7 18 21 64  106  140  314
Females  590 - - - 3 4 12 10 42 71  448
Violent deaths, total                      
Total 2 410 2 15 14  207  252  278  250  248  138 1 006
Males 1 430 1 10 10  154  187  208  181  171 96  412
Females  980 1 5 4 53 65 70 69 77 42  594
59 Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)                      
Total 1 835 2 15 9  132  138  157  163  158  106  955
Males 1 048 1 10 6  101  108  127  121  117 74  383
Females  787 1 5 3 31 30 30 42 41 32  572
60 Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85)                      
Total  290 2 4 2 68 42 41 36 38 22 35
Males  211 1 2 2 50 32 36 25 24 13 26
Females 79 1 2 - 18 10 5 11 14 9 9
61 Accidental falls (W00-W19)                      
Total  353 - - 2 4 7 8 24 36 17  255
Males  181 - - 1 1 6 5 19 32 11  106
Females  172 - - 1 3 1 3 5 4 6  149
62 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49)                      
Total  316 - - - 45 60 83 64 41 6 17
Males  230 - - - 36 45 64 47 27 5 6
Females 86 - - - 9 15 19 17 14 1 11
63 Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0)                      
Total  533 - - 5 70  106  116 81 84 31 40
Males  360 - - 4 50 73 79 56 52 21 25
Females  173 - - 1 20 33 37 25 32 10 15
64 Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1)                      
Total 29 - - - 5 8 5 5 4 1 1
Males 17 - - - 3 6 2 3 2 1 -
Females 12 - - - 2 2 3 2 2 - 1
65 Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2)                      
Total 1 - - - - - - 1 - - -
Males 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 30/3-05, Causes of Death 2003.
2  Fracturs of collum femoris are coded as unspecified accidents, fractur ICD-10 X590, un less other circumstances are stated on the death certificate. They were earlier coded as unspecifed fall accidents.

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