Statistics Norway

Marriages and registered partnerships

8   Marriage rates for widowers1 and widows1 in different age groups. 1950-2002
Sex and year Persons married per 1 000 mean population widowed
Age
All ages 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70- 
Males                        
19502 20.7  222.2  323.2  286.4  216.9  127.1 88.8 58.5 29.5 23.0 8.5 1.2
19602 13.0 38.5  135.8  163.7  108.4  106.7 67.7 56.9 33.2 19.0 10.9 1.6
1976-1980 6.4  119.4  205.3  116.9 88.2 47.6 37.1 22.7 18.7 10.5 6.5 1.1
1981-1985 5.2  135.6  133.3 62.1 75.6 39.6 32.9 23.0 14.9 8.2 4.3 1.3
1986-1990 4.3 95.2 42.5 65.2 48.7 31.3 28.9 18.5 16.9 8.0 3.7 1.0
1991-1995 3.8 62.5 90.0 47.4 42.8 28.3 23.8 20.8 15.0 6.4 3.7 0.9
1996-2000 5.2  111.1 79.0 76.0 63.1 40.4 33.6 28.1 19.5 11.7 5.3 1.0
                         
1987 4.6 - 27.0  109.6 42.9 38.0 29.3 15.7 20.7 7.0 4.9 0.9
1988 4.2  200.0 0.0 28.8 40.9 37.6 24.8 20.1 16.2 9.4 3.2 0.9
1989 3.9  333.3 40.4 49.8 37.6 24.5 27.7 17.9 15.5 6.4 3.9 1.0
1990 4.0 - 40.4 76.1 73.7 32.3 28.7 17.9 12.8 7.6 2.8 0.8
                         
1991 3.0 -  125.0 35.6 29.7 13.6 22.2 18.7 12.2 3.7 3.1 0.6
1992 3.7 -  119.4 51.7 34.9 22.2 26.2 17.2 14.0 7.1 3.2 0.9
1993 4.1  166.7 35.1 37.2 48.5 35.4 17.6 24.9 19.1 7.6 3.6 0.9
1994 4.6  125.0 78.4 46.9 57.9 33.3 28.5 25.1 17.8 9.0 4.8 1.0
1995 3.7 - 71.4 69.3 43.7 39.8 24.3 18.3 12.1 4.5 4.0 0.9
                         
1996 4.8  222.2 61.5 65.4 54.9 42.0 31.2 28.7 17.3 11.0 4.7 0.7
1997 4.8 - - 64.5 70.5 48.7 25.3 28.7 20.2 10.5 3.8 0,8r
1998 5.0 0.0 31.3 73.7 52.1 29.4 36.7 26.3 17.6 12.4 5.3 1.0
1999 6.0 0.0 83.3 55.8 82.0 44.1 40.0 30.5 23.1 11.8 7.5 1.2
2000 5.0  153.8  215.4  120.4 57.0 37.1 36.2 26.2 19.1 12.6 5.3 1.1
                         
2001 6.2  352.9  250.0 75.8 64.8 47.9 30.2 37.3 20.5 18.9 4.6 1.2
2002 6.3  250.0  526.3  125.6 62.6 41.9 30.1 31.5 25.3 10.5 7.5 1.3
                         
Females                        
19502 8.4  625.0  393.1  224.2 93.3 35.2 16.6 6.9 1.9 1.1 0.3 0.1
19602 4.0  103.4 62.7 62.6 58.0 34.0 18.4 10.2 5.7 1.5 0.7 0.2
1976-1980 1.8 86.4 79.3 44.4 25.1 16.7 10.1 5.2 3.0 1.3 0.9 0.1
1981-1985 1.2 44.3 9.5 34.3 19.0 11.0 7.3 4.5 2.3 1.2 0.9 0.2
1986-1990 1.0 30.1 47.7 30.9 19.0 9.3 6.8 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.6 0.1
1991-1995 0.7 65.3 31.1 25.6 13.9 9.1 5.8 3.4 1.8 0.7 0.5 0.1
1996-2000 0.9 50.8 51.7 39.4 25.0 14.8 10.0 4.7 2.9 1.1 0.7 0.1
                         
1987 1.0  111.1 55.8 40.2 15.7 8.9 6.3 5.4 2.0 1.0 0.7 0.1
1988 0.9 26.3 38.1 23.7 25.8 13.0 6.6 5.6 1.7 0.7 0.5 0.1
1989 0.9 24.1 34.3 42.7 21.8 7.3 6.0 5.1 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.1
1990 0.8 - 50.5 31.8 15.6 7.9 6.7 3.5 1.7 0.9 0.5 0.1
                         
1991 0.7 59.7 30.2 23.5 10.0 11.0 5.0 3.0 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.1
1992 0.5 67.8 13.9 25.4 8.5 7.2 5.6 2.7 2.0 0.5 0.4 0.1
1993 0.7 42.6 38.4 14.5 16.3 7.0 5.1 2.7 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.1
1994 0.8 51.3 46.0 28.6 20.5 10.6 5.9 3.9 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.1
1995 0.8  121.2 28.2 37.4 14.8 9.4 7.1 4.6 2.1 0.8 0.5 0.1
                         
1996 0.8 - 56.6 46.7 19.9 13.2 6.3 3.9 2.3 1.0 0.5 0.1
1997 0.9 74.0 69.7 33.7 24.3 10.6 10.8 4.0 3.0 1.1 0.6 0.1
1998 0.9  111.1 45.8 32.3 20.6 14.2 10.0 5.4 2.5 1.0 0.9 0.1
1999 1.1 85.1 32.4 42.4 25.9 16.2 13.2 5.8 3.8 1.4 0.9 0.1
2000 1.0 - 50.0 41.7 36.1 20.6 10.1 4.4 3.1 1.1 1.8 0.1
                         
2001 1.1 32.3 24.9 50.9 26.5 18.3 12.4 7.2 3.1 2.2 0.9 0.2
2002 1.0  133.3 56.0 60.2 28.3 14.4 12.4 5.9 2.2 1.3 1.0 0.1
1  Resident in Norway.
2  Married by age at the end of the year per 1 000 widows and widowers at The Population Census (1 December 1950, 1 November 1960).

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