Statistics Norway

Causes of death

15 Deaths by accidents. 20081
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 1 919 19 15  118  302  312  249  904
Males 1 137 12 10  101  248  236  151  379
Females  782 7 5 17 54 76 98  525
V01-V89 Landtransport accidents  283 9 12 65 73 56 37 31
Males  224 6 9 54 61 43 29 22
Females 59 3 3 11 12 13 8 9
V95-V97 Air and space transport accidents 6 - - - 3 3 - -
Males 6 - - - 3 3 - -
Females - - - - - - - -
V91,V93-V94 Water transport accidents, not causing drowning and submersion 2 - - 1 1 - - -
Males 2 - - 1 1 - - -
Females - - - - - - - -
V90,V92 Water- transport-related drowning and submersion 11 - - 1 3 6 1 -
Males 11 - - 1 3 6 1 -
Females - - - - - - - -
W65-W74 Accidental drowning and submersion 43 3 - 4 10 15 9 2
Males 36 3 - 4 9 12 7 1
Females 7 - - - 1 3 2 1
W00-W19 Falls  389 2 1 5 8 38 72  263
Males  195 2 - 5 5 27 43  113
Females  194 - 1 - 3 11 29  150
W32-W34 Discharge from firearms - - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - -
Females - - - - - - - -
W75-W84 Other accidental threats to breathing 56 3 - 1 3 16 13 20
Males 33 - - 1 2 13 8 9
Females 23 3 - - 1 3 5 11
W85-W87 Exposure to electric current 1 - - - 1 - - -
Males 1 - - - 1 - - -
Females - - - - - - - -
X00-X09 Exposure to smoke, fire and flames 68 1 1 8 9 18 10 21
Males 43 1 - 7 4 11 8 12
Females 25 - 1 1 5 7 2 9
X20-X29 Contact with venomous animals and plants - - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - -
Females - - - - - - - -
X30-X39 Exposure to forces of nature 18 - - 2 3 10 3 -
Males 13 - - 1 3 7 2 -
Females 5 - - 1 - 3 1 -
X40-X49 Accidental poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances  344 - 1 30  175  118 14 6
Males  272 - 1 26  143 90 10 2
Females 72 - - 4 32 28 4 4
Rest V01-X59 Other accidents  655 1 - 1 10 27 77  539
Males  276 - - 1 10 20 33  212
Females  379 1 - - - 7 44  327
Y85-Y86 Sequelae of accidents 43 - - - 3 5 13 22
Males 25 - - - 3 4 10 8
Females 18 - - - - 1 3 14
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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