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118 Violent deaths
Injury by external cause 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Accidents, total 1 843 1 752 1 699 1 742 1 898 1 980 1 835 1 824 1 867 1 919 1 989 1 941 1 890
Men 1 008  976  913 1 012 1 113 1 165 1 048 1 037 1 034 1 137 1 114 1 068 1 026
Women  835  776  786  730  785  815  787  787  833  782  875  873  864
                           
Transport accidents, total  349  383  304  345  315  308  245  239  239  283  234  220  187
Men  251  278  213  266  235  225  169  169  172  224  183  167  131
Women 98  105 91 79 80 83 76 70 67 59 51 53 56
Air and space transport accidents, total 5 6 3 4 5 2 6 5 2 6 2 9 8
Men 5 4 1 4 3 2 5 5 2 6 2 8 6
Women - 2 2 - 2 - 1 - - - - 1 2
Accident to watercraft, not causing drowning or submersion, total 8 5 2 3 9 2 9 10 3 2 7 3 4
Men 7 5 2 3 7 2 7 7 3 2 6 2 3
Women 1 - - - 2 - 2 3 - - 1 1 1
Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion, total 39 34 21 32 25 39 27 19 27 11 18 20 26
Men 33 33 21 31 25 38 27 19 26 11 17 18 24
Women 6 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 2 2
Accidental drowning and submersion, total 78 68 72 90 70 82 82 65 52 43 71 50 55
Men 67 55 59 68 60 63 69 56 38 36 61 42 45
Women 11 13 13 22 10 19 13 9 14 7 10 8 10
Falls, total  960  880  882  856  843  783  353  341  348  389  400  438  420
Men  404  374  374  392  374  349  181  185  187  195  210  202  210
Women  556  506  508  464  469  434  172  156  161  194  190  236  210
Discharge from firearms, total 2 - - - - - 2 1 3 - 1 1 2
Men 1 - - - - - 2 1 2 - 1 1 2
Women 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
Other accidental threats to breathing, total 47 44 52 41 57 46 50 49 54 56 55 58 47
Men 29 23 33 23 33 28 32 22 26 33 26 31 25
Women 18 21 19 18 24 18 18 27 28 23 29 27 22
Exposure to electric current, total 3 4 - 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 - 2
Men 3 4 - 4 4 1 2 - 1 1 2 - 2
Women - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - -
Exposure to smoke, fire and flames, total 54 56 55 60 52 56 61 54 68 68 53 56 36
Men 34 40 32 41 36 33 37 30 28 43 35 32 14
Women 20 16 23 19 16 23 24 24 40 25 18 24 22
Contact with venomous animals and plants, total 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 1 -
Men - 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 1 - -
Women 1 - 1 1 - - - - 1 - - 1 -
Exposure to forces of nature, total 22 22 29 31 24  104 23 18 15 18 29 40 35
Men 17 16 20 21 13 62 15 13 10 13 21 23 23
Women 5 6 9 10 11 42 8 5 5 5 8 17 12
Accidental poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances1, total 66 64 99  110  319  379  316  338  341  344  365  358  294
Men 49 52 61 66  226  261  230  243  253  272  268  248  229
Women 17 12 38 44 93  118 86 95 88 72 97  110 65
Other accidents, total  148  143  139  138  132  130  625  642  673  655  711  644  736
Men 80 76 77 79 78 71  256  266  271  276  263  271  295
Women 68 67 62 59 54 59  369  376  402  379  448  373  441
Sequelae of accidents, total 61 42 40 27 42 46 34 42 40 43 40 43 38
Men 28 15 20 14 18 29 16 21 15 25 18 23 17
Women 33 27 20 13 24 17 18 21 25 18 22 20 21
Suicides, total  583  541  549  494  502  529  533  529  485  505  573  548  598
Men  430  409  411  362  374  359  360  389  336  347  416  384  434
Women  153  132  138  132  128  170  173  140  149  158  157  164  164
Homicides, total 38 53 33 39 48 39 29 45 32 27 31 33  114
Men 24 29 20 26 25 25 17 20 16 19 18 17 62
Women 14 24 13 13 23 14 12 25 16 8 13 16 52
War, total - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2
Men - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 1
Women - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
1  Following recommadations from the WHO, all acute intoxication deaths (F10-F19 with fourth digit 0) were moved from chapter V to chapter XX in ICD-10 in 2003.
Source: Causes of death, Statistics Norway.
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