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113 Deaths per 100 000 inhabitants, by sex and cause of death, standardised rates
  1987-1991 1992-1996 1997-2001 2002-2006 2007-2011
Men          
All causes 1 012.39  931.75  849.20  738.51  662.07
Violent deaths 77.90 63.28 60.02 59.69 55.45
Deaths from diseases, total  934.49  868.47  789.19  678.82  606.61
Tuberculosis 1.74 1.29 1.05 0.67 0.41
Other infectious diseases 3.70 4.77 6.29 8.87 11.60
Malignant neoplasms  230.94  233.11  225.28  210.81  196.73
Diabetes mellitus 10.15 10.33 12.50 12.52 11.37
Other disesases of the circulatory system 46.77 44.09 39.36 34.88 29.06
Asthma 8.35 6.93 4.38 1.85 1.29
Pneumonis, influenza and bronchitis 51.56 47.55 31.60 26.85 21.69
Other diseases of the respiratory system 3.69 4.48 5.24 6.19 6.13
Diseases of the digestive system 28.62 24.90 24.82 21.22 18.90
Disesases of the genito-urinary system 12.77 11.66 11.02 12.14 13.34
Other ill-defined or unknown diseases 7.87 6.92 5.76 4.35 3.81
           
Women          
All causes  591.76  555.82  524.85  479.25  441.88
Violent deaths 32.35 26.51 25.79 26.31 25.50
Deaths from diseases, total  559.41  529.31  499.06  452.94  416.38
Tuberculosis 0.82 0.70 0.61 0.42 0.27
Other infectious diseases 3.30 3.81 5.41 6.42 8.83
Malignant neoplasms  152.96  155.52  152.14  145.79  138.22
Diabetes mellitus 7.39 6.95 8.26 7.73 7.15
Other diseases of the circulatory system 28.51 26.35 23.89 22.88 20.06
Asthma 4.83 4.88 3.36 1.80 1.33
Pneumonis, influenza and bronchitis 38.62 34.46 22.61 18.14 14.35
Other diseases of the respiratory system 2.07 2.23 2.83 3.25 3.17
Diseases of the digestive system 18.83 16.55 17.26 15.85 14.36
Diseases of the genito-urinary system 6.92 6.25 6.15 7.47 8.16
Other ill-defined or unknown diseases 7.66 8.15 7.28 6.01 5.43
Source: Causes of death, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/dodsarsak 

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