Statistics Norway

Causes of death

2 Deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death. The whole country. 2006 1
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 41 242  186 56 42  276  406  671 1 630 3 595 5 400 28 980
Total                      
Males 19 621  110 31 26  203  298  424  983 2 208 3 281 12 057
Females 21 621 76 25 16 73  108  247  647 1 387 2 119 16 923
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                      
Total 38 841  184 43 28 77  158  432 1 349 3 358 5 242 27 970
Males 18 173  109 25 14 48  100  240  792 2 048 3 176 11 621
Females 20 668 75 18 14 29 58  192  557 1 310 2 066 16 349
01 Infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99)                      
Total  741 - 5 2 2 3 6 28 38 60  597
Males  338 - 3 1 2 2 4 19 22 38  247
Females  403 - 2 1 - 1 2 9 16 22  350
02 Tuberculosis (A15-A19,B90)                      
Total 38 - - - - - - - 2 1 35
Males 15 - - - - - - - - - 15
Females 23 - - - - - - - 2 1 20
03 Meningococcal infection (A39)                      
Total 7 - 1 1 - - - 1 2 1 1
Males 2 - - 1 - - - - - 1 -
Females 5 - 1 - - - - 1 2 - 1
04 AIDS (HIV-disease) (B20-B24)                      
Total 15 - - - - - 3 5 5 2 -
Males 15 - - - - - 3 5 5 2 -
Females - - - - - - - - - - -
05 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)                      
Total 8 - - - - - 1 6 - - 1
Males 7 - - - - - 1 6 - - -
Females 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
06 Neoplasms (C00-D48)                      
Total 10 690 1 6 7 13 64  174  633 1 670 2 319 5 803
Males 5 583 1 3 4 7 36 63  282  885 1 368 2 934
Females 5 107 - 3 3 6 28  111  351  785  951 2 869
07 Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)                      
Total 10 440 1 6 7 13 63  173  628 1 655 2 295 5 599
Males 5 472 1 3 4 7 35 62  279  878 1 353 2 850
Females 4 968 - 3 3 6 28  111  349  777  942 2 749
08 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)                      
Total  137 - - - - - 6 15 33 36 47
Males 82 - - - - - 5 13 22 24 18
Females 55 - - - - - 1 2 11 12 29
09 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15)                      
Total  177 - - - - - 2 19 46 38 72
Males  131 - - - - - 2 15 35 34 45
Females 46 - - - - - - 4 11 4 27
10 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)                      
Total  349 - - - - 3 6 15 55 79  191
Males  189 - - - - 1 1 4 40 47 96
Females  160 - - - - 2 5 11 15 32 95
11 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18)                      
Total 1 160 - - - 1 4 15 51  147  253  689
Males  535 - - - 1 3 4 22 80  137  288
Females  625 - - - - 1 11 29 67  116  401
12 Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus (C19-C21)                      
Total  415 - - - - 2 4 20 72 86  231
Males  234 - - - - 2 2 10 46 61  113
Females  181 - - - - - 2 10 26 25  118
13 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)                      
Total  148 - - - - 1 9 11 31 30 66
Males 89 - - - - 1 6 5 23 19 35
Females 59 - - - - - 3 6 8 11 31
14 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)                      
Total  633 - - - 1 2 7 31  115  151  326
Males  306 - - - 1 1 3 17 73 87  124
Females  327 - - - - 1 4 14 42 64  202
15 Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung (C32-C34)                      
Total 2 045 - - - - 1 13  121  436  615  859
Males 1 246 - - - - - 4 68  249  402  523
Females  799 - - - - 1 9 53  187  213  336
16 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)                      
Total  249 - - - 1 11 13 26 48 57 93
Males  143 - - - 1 7 6 19 26 35 49
Females  106 - - - - 4 7 7 22 22 44
17 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)                      
Total  679 - - - - 5 31 90  134  117  302
Males 4 - - - - - - 1 - 2 1
Females  675 - - - - 5 31 89  134  115  301
18 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53)                      
Total 79 - - - 1 1 7 12 11 18 29
Females 79 - - - 1 1 7 12 11 18 29
19 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus (C54-C55)                      
Total  153 - - - - 2 1 10 22 30 88
Females  153 - - - - 2 1 10 22 30 88
20 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)                      
Total  328 - - - - 2 4 36 70 65  151
Females  328 - - - - 2 4 36 70 65  151
21 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)                      
Total 1 042 - - - - - - 8 61  170  803
Males 1 042 - - - - - - 8 61  170  803
22 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64)                      
Total  233 - - - - - 3 20 41 48  121
Males  153 - - - - - 2 16 30 29 76
Females 80 - - - - - 1 4 11 19 45
23 Maglignant neoplasm of bladder (C67)                      
Total  344 - - - - 1 - 9 32 49  253
Males  233 - - - - 1 - 4 24 39  165
Females  111 - - - - - - 5 8 10 88
24 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid/haematapoietic tissue (C81-C96)                      
Total  916 - 2 4 1 9 17 44  119  187  533
Males  482 - 2 3 - 6 8 27 72  116  248
Females  434 - - 1 1 3 9 17 47 71  285
25 Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)                      
Total  140 3 1 2 - - 2 5 9 16  102
Males 63 - 1 1 - - 2 4 5 10 40
Females 77 3 - 1 - - - 1 4 6 62
26 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)                      
Total 1 141 2 2 2 4 8 18 42 83  121  859
Males  498 1 2 1 3 4 10 32 63 65  317
Females  643 1 - 1 1 4 8 10 20 56  542
27 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)                      
Total  824 - - - 1 6 14 29 62 95  617
Males  396 - - - 1 3 9 24 49 55  255
Females  428 - - - - 3 5 5 13 40  362
28 Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)                      
Total 1 608 - - - 6 11 16 54 89 92 1 340
Males  567 - - - 2 9 11 40 67 53  385
Females 1 041 - - - 4 2 5 14 22 39  955
29 Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic psychosis) (F10)                      
Total  187 - - - - 2 4 46 72 35 28
Males  148 - - - - 2 3 34 61 28 20
Females 39 - - - - - 1 12 11 7 8
30 Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F16,F18-F19)                      
Total 23 - - - 3 7 8 2 2 - 1
Males 15 - - - 1 6 7 1 - - -
Females 8 - - - 2 1 1 1 2 - 1
31 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)                      
Total 1 375 5 4 5 18 19 22 58  127  189  928
Males  590 2 2 2 11 12 14 36 70  112  329
Females  785 3 2 3 7 7 8 22 57 77  599
32 Meningitis (G00-G03)                      
Total 23 1 - - 2 1 - 3 5 3 8
Males 8 - - - 1 - - 3 1 1 2
Females 15 1 - - 1 1 - - 4 2 6
33 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)                      
Total 14 654 3 4 1 12 23  111  308  811 1 486 11 895
Males 6 595 2 2 1 7 18 84  225  609  969 4 678
Females 8 059 1 2 - 5 5 27 83  202  517 7 217
34 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)                      
Total 5 857 - - - 2 10 51  173  448  733 4 440
Males 3 017 - - - 2 9 42  137  359  505 1 963
Females 2 840 - - - - 1 9 36 89  228 2 477
35 Other heart diseases (I30-I33,I39-I52)                      
Total 3 012 2 1 1 6 6 18 48  111  197 2 622
Males 1 201 1 - 1 4 6 13 36 80  138  922
Females 1 811 1 1 - 2 - 5 12 31 59 1 700
36 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)                      
Total 3 583 - 3 - - 3 23 52  139  311 3 052
Males 1 391 - 2 - - 2 15 29 90  168 1 085
Females 2 192 - 1 - - 1 8 23 49  143 1 967
37 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)                      
Total 3 962 - - 2 1 - 12 46  193  501 3 207
Males 1 938 - - - 1 - 9 23  104  278 1 523
Females 2 024 - - 2 - - 3 23 89  223 1 684
38 Influenza (J10-J11)                      
Total 18 - - - - - - - - 2 16
Males 7 - - - - - - - - 1 6
Females 11 - - - - - - - - 1 10
39 Pneumonia (J12-J18)                      
Total 1 775 - - - - - 1 11 22 85 1 656
Males  805 - - - - - 1 5 14 51  734
Females  970 - - - - - - 6 8 34  922
40 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)                      
Total 1 870 - - 2 1 - 8 27  146  370 1 316
Males  959 - - - 1 - 5 13 73  198  669
Females  911 - - 2 - - 3 14 73  172  647
41 Asthma (J45-J46)                      
Total 99 - - 2 1 - 2 4 7 12 71
Males 29 - - - 1 - 1 2 2 6 17
Females 70 - - 2 - - 1 2 5 6 54
42 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)                      
Total 1 272 - 1 - 1 1 15 53  128  178  895
Males  553 - - - - 1 9 34 78  101  330
Females  719 - 1 - 1 - 6 19 50 77  565
43 Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and jejunum (K25-K28)                      
Total  203 - - - - - 2 6 15 31  149
Males 75 - - - - - 1 3 11 15 45
Females  128 - - - - - 1 3 4 16  104
44 Chronic liver disease (K70,K73-K74)                      
Total  172 - - - - - 7 28 52 46 39
Males  115 - - - - - 4 20 32 33 26
Females 57 - - - - - 3 8 20 13 13
45 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)                      
Total 85 - - - - - - - - 9 76
Males 32 - - - - - - - - 6 26
Females 53 - - - - - - - - 3 50
46 Diseases of musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)                      
Total  237 - - - - 1 1 3 12 28  192
Males 68 - - - - - - 1 5 11 51
Females  169 - - - - 1 1 2 7 17  141
47 Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis (M05-M06,M15-M19)                      
Total 97 - - - - - - - 3 8 86
Males 30 - - - - - - - 1 3 26
Females 67 - - - - - - - 2 5 60
48 Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99)                      
Total  941 - - - - 1 - 4 27 65  844
Males  397 - - - - 1 - 2 18 39  337
Females  544 - - - - - - 2 9 26  507
49 Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29)                      
Total  533 - - - - 1 - 4 24 49  455
Males  237 - - - - 1 - 2 18 30  186
Females  296 - - - - - - 2 6 19  269
50 Complicatons of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)                      
Total 5 - - - - - 5 - - - -
Females 5 - - - - - 5 - - - -
51 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)                      
Total  116  112 3 - - - 1 - - - -
Males 68 65 2 - - - 1 - - - -
Females 48 47 1 - - - - - - - -
52 Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)                      
Total  136 45 13 5 6 7 11 11 19 9 10
Males 82 30 8 2 3 4 7 5 12 6 5
Females 54 15 5 3 3 3 4 6 7 3 5
53 Congenital malformation of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)                      
Total 15 4 5 1 - 2 1 1 1 - -
Males 11 4 3 - - 1 1 1 1 - -
Females 4 - 2 1 - 1 - - - - -
54 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)                      
Total 42 15 - 2 4 3 5 3 4 - 6
Males 26 11 - 1 3 2 3 1 2 - 3
Females 16 4 - 1 1 1 2 2 2 - 3
55 Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)                      
Total 1 738 13 4 2 14 20 38  104  152  169 1 222
Males  801 8 2 2 12 13 26 89  110  120  419
Females  937 5 2 - 2 7 12 15 42 49  803
56 Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) 14 12 2 - - - - - - - -
Total 14 12 2 - - - - - - - -
Males 8 8 - - - - - - - - -
Females 6 4 2 - - - - - - - -
57 Unknown and unspecified causes (R96-R99)                      
Total 1 237 1 2 2 14 20 37  102  149  164  746
Males  656 - 2 2 12 13 25 87  108  116  291
Females  581 1 - - 2 7 12 15 41 48  455
Violent deaths, total                      
Total 2 401 2 13 14  199  248  239  281  237  158 1 010
Males 1 448 1 6 12  155  198  184  191  160  105  436
Females  953 1 7 2 44 50 55 90 77 53  574
59 Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)                      
Total 1 824 1 11 10  110  156  136  169  150  116  965
Males 1 037 - 6 9 87  131  108  124  100 72  400
Females  787 1 5 1 23 25 28 45 50 44  565
60 Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85)                      
Total  276 - 7 3 56 42 30 43 26 24 45
Males  203 - 4 3 44 37 23 34 18 15 25
Females 73 - 3 - 12 5 7 9 8 9 20
61 Accidental falls (W00-W19)                      
Total  341 - 1 - 5 5 7 16 24 24  259
Males  185 - - - 5 5 7 12 16 18  122
Females  156 - 1 - - - - 4 8 6  137
62 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49)                      
Total  338 - - - 39 97 72 64 48 7 11
Males  243 - - - 30 81 53 45 27 3 4
Females 95 - - - 9 16 19 19 21 4 7
63 Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0)                      
Total  532 - - 1 86 84 94  102 84 41 40
Males  391 - - 1 68 63 74 61 58 32 34
Females  141 - - - 18 21 20 41 26 9 6
64 Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1)                      
Total 45 1 2 3 3 8 9 10 3 1 5
Males 20 1 - 2 - 4 2 6 2 1 2
Females 25 - 2 1 3 4 7 4 1 - 3
65 Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2)                      
Total - - - - - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - - - - -
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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