Deaths
Updated: 23 May 2023
Next update: 31 May 2023
| 2012 | 2021 | 2022 | Week 19 20231 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths, total | 41 992 | 42 002 | 45 774 | 807 |
| Males | 20 072 | 20 578 | 22 882 | 419 |
| Females | 21 920 | 21 424 | 22 892 | 389 |
| Life expectancy at birth | ||||
| Males | 79.42 | 81.59 | 80.92 | |
| Females | 83.41 | 84.73 | 84.35 | |
| 1The latest weekly figures have been adjusted upwards based on the usual backlog. |
Selected tables and figures from this statistics
- Deaths and death ratesDownload table as ...Deaths and death rates
Deaths Deaths under 1 year of age Deaths per 1 000 mean population Infant mortality Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females 2022 45 774 22 882 22 892 97 56 41 8.4 8.3 8.5 1.9 2.1 1.6 2021 42 002 20 578 21 424 104 57 47 7.8 7.5 8.0 1.8 2.0 1.7 2020 40 611 20 043 20 568 92 57 35 7.5 7.4 7.7 1.7 2.1 1.3 2017 40 774 19 649 21 125 130 67 63 7.7 7.4 8.1 2.3 2.3 2.3 2012 41 992 20 072 21 920 150 87 63 8.4 8.0 8.8 2.5 2.8 2.1 2002 44 465 21 643 22 822 192 94 98 9.8 9.6 10.0 3.5 3.3 3.6 1992 44 731 23 071 21 660 346 194 152 10.4 10.9 10.0 5.8 6.2 5.2 1982 41 454 22 631 18 823 413 235 178 10.1 11.1 9.1 8.1 8.9 7.2 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Age-specific death rates for males and femalesDownload table as ...Age-specific death rates for males and females
2022 Deaths per 100 000 mean population Males Females 0-4 years 50 38 5-9 years 11 5 10-14 years 11 4 15-19 years 28 17 20-24 years 44 23 25-29 years 67 25 30-34 years 61 28 35-39 years 77 39 40-44 years 117 74 45-49 years 153 126 50-54 years 285 177 55-59 years 443 271 60-64 years 708 465 65-69 years 1 216 800 70-74 years 2 014 1 427 75-79 years 3 592 2 530 80-84 years 6 589 4 607 85-89 years 13 060 9 534 90 years or older 27 558 23 608 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Life expectancy - remaining years for males and females at selected ages.Download table as ...Life expectancy - remaining years for males and females at selected ages.
0 years 1 year 5 years 10 years 20 years 30 years 40 years 50 years 60 years 70 years 80 years Males 2022 80.92 80.09 76.13 71.17 61.30 51.61 41.93 32.43 23.42 15.21 8.33 2021 81.59 80.75 76.79 71.81 61.96 52.24 42.55 33.03 23.94 15.70 8.79 2020 81.48 80.65 76.68 71.70 61.85 52.17 42.51 33.03 23.94 15.70 8.74 2017 80.91 80.09 76.15 71.17 61.29 51.63 41.94 32.40 23.40 15.27 8.39 2012 79.42 78.64 74.68 69.71 59.84 50.20 40.61 31.16 22.30 14.41 7.84 2002 76.47 75.72 71.80 66.87 57.11 47.66 38.20 28.90 20.25 12.75 6.97 1992 74.16 73.63 69.76 64.81 55.11 45.64 36.17 27.03 18.67 11.65 6.53 Females 2022 84.35 83.49 79.52 74.54 64.61 54.76 44.92 35.31 25.99 17.31 9.86 2021 84.73 83.88 79.89 74.90 65.01 55.14 45.32 35.67 26.34 17.61 10.09 2020 84.89 84.00 80.03 75.05 65.15 55.29 45.48 35.84 26.51 17.81 10.25 2017 84.28 83.47 79.50 74.53 64.61 54.73 44.91 35.27 26.01 17.39 9.96 2012 83.41 82.59 78.64 73.67 63.76 53.89 44.08 34.49 25.31 16.85 9.51 2002 81.58 80.96 77.06 72.09 62.23 52.44 42.69 33.17 24.21 15.91 8.94 1992 80.34 79.76 75.87 70.93 61.04 51.23 41.52 32.09 23.17 15.04 8.34 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Perinatal and infant mortalityDownload table as ...Perinatal and infant mortality
Late fetal deaths (deaths per 1 000 births) Perinatal mortality (deaths per 1 000 births) Under 24 hours (deaths per 1 000 live births) Under 1 week (deaths per 1 000 live births) Under 4 week (deaths per 1 000 live births) 4 weeks - under 1 year (deaths per 1 000 live births) Under 1 year, total (Under 1 year, total) 2022 2.0 3.0 0.4 1.1 1.4 0.4 1.9 2021 2.1 3.1 0.2 1.0 1.4 0.5 1.9 2020 2.5 3.4 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.4 1.7 2017 2.4 3.7 0.6 1.3 1.6 0.7 2.3 2012 3.1 4.3 0.6 1.2 1.7 0.7 2.5 2002 3.5 5.3 0.8 1.7 2.5 1.0 3.5 1992 4.3 7.4 1.8 3.1 3.8 2.1 5.9 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Life tablesDownload table as ...Life tables
2022 Survivors (per 100 000) at age x, lx Death (per 100 000) at age x to x+1, dx Life expectancy - remaining years at age x, ex Probability of death at age x (per 1 000) (Ungraduated), qx Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females 0 years 100 000 100 000 100 000 179 202 155 82.63 80.92 84.35 1.792 2.018 1.554 1 year 99 821 99 798 99 845 25 28 22 81.78 80.09 83.49 0.252 0.282 0.221 2 years 99 796 99 770 99 823 9 11 7 80.80 79.11 82.50 0.091 0.106 0.074 3 years 99 787 99 759 99 815 12 14 11 79.81 78.12 81.51 0.124 0.138 0.110 4 years 99 774 99 746 99 804 2 3 0 78.82 77.13 80.52 0.017 0.034 0.000 5 years 99 773 99 742 99 804 15 13 17 77.82 76.13 79.52 0.151 0.130 0.173 6 years 99 757 99 729 99 787 11 19 3 76.83 75.14 78.53 0.114 0.190 0.034 7 years 99 746 99 710 99 784 3 6 0 75.84 74.16 77.53 0.033 0.063 0.000 8 years 99 743 99 704 99 784 2 3 0 74.84 73.16 76.53 0.016 0.032 0.000 9 years 99 741 99 701 99 784 10 12 6 73.84 72.16 75.53 0.095 0.124 0.065 10 years 99 732 99 689 99 777 8 9 6 72.85 71.17 74.54 0.078 0.091 0.064 11 years 99 724 99 680 99 771 8 15 0 71.86 70.18 73.54 0.076 0.149 0.000 12 years 99 716 99 665 99 771 7 15 0 70.86 69.19 72.54 0.075 0.145 0.000 13 years 99 709 99 650 99 771 6 6 6 69.87 68.20 71.54 0.060 0.058 0.061 14 years 99 703 99 644 99 765 11 12 9 68.87 67.20 70.55 0.106 0.118 0.094 15 years 99 692 99 633 99 755 15 21 9 67.88 66.21 69.56 0.153 0.209 0.094 16 years 99 677 99 612 99 746 14 21 6 66.89 65.22 68.56 0.139 0.211 0.063 17 years 99 663 99 591 99 740 16 27 3 65.90 64.24 67.57 0.156 0.274 0.032 18 years 99 648 99 564 99 736 36 42 29 64.91 63.25 66.57 0.358 0.425 0.288 19 years 99 612 99 521 99 708 35 31 39 63.93 62.28 65.59 0.347 0.308 0.387 20 years 99 578 99 491 99 669 33 30 35 62.95 61.30 64.61 0.329 0.306 0.354 21 years 99 545 99 460 99 634 44 61 25 61.97 60.32 63.64 0.439 0.616 0.250 22 years 99 501 99 399 99 609 25 34 15 61.00 59.36 62.65 0.251 0.342 0.153 23 years 99 476 99 365 99 594 32 48 15 60.02 58.38 61.66 0.324 0.484 0.153 24 years 99 444 99 317 99 579 35 45 24 59.04 57.40 60.67 0.348 0.449 0.239 25 years 99 409 99 272 99 555 47 62 32 58.06 56.43 59.68 0.476 0.625 0.318 26 years 99 362 99 210 99 523 44 72 14 57.08 55.46 58.70 0.440 0.721 0.141 27 years 99 318 99 139 99 509 43 68 17 56.11 54.50 57.71 0.436 0.691 0.168 28 years 99 275 99 070 99 492 49 68 30 55.13 53.54 56.72 0.498 0.685 0.303 29 years 99 225 99 002 99 462 48 64 32 54.16 52.58 55.74 0.488 0.643 0.325 30 years 99 177 98 939 99 430 45 65 24 53.19 51.61 54.76 0.452 0.654 0.238 31 years 99 132 98 874 99 406 33 49 15 52.21 50.65 53.77 0.330 0.498 0.155 32 years 99 100 98 825 99 391 51 76 26 51.23 49.67 52.78 0.519 0.770 0.258 33 years 99 048 98 749 99 365 53 59 47 50.25 48.71 51.79 0.536 0.601 0.469 34 years 98 995 98 689 99 318 39 51 26 49.28 47.74 50.81 0.391 0.513 0.266 35 years 98 956 98 639 99 292 38 41 35 48.30 46.76 49.83 0.386 0.418 0.354 36 years 98 918 98 598 99 257 53 72 33 47.32 45.78 48.85 0.539 0.734 0.332 37 years 98 865 98 525 99 224 61 87 33 46.34 44.81 47.86 0.616 0.882 0.337 38 years 98 804 98 438 99 190 66 82 48 45.37 43.85 46.88 0.663 0.835 0.483 39 years 98 738 98 356 99 143 70 95 42 44.40 42.89 45.90 0.705 0.966 0.428 40 years 98 669 98 261 99 100 77 96 57 43.43 41.93 44.92 0.781 0.981 0.571 41 years 98 592 98 165 99 044 90 116 63 42.47 40.97 43.94 0.912 1.179 0.633 42 years 98 502 98 049 98 981 80 89 72 41.50 40.02 42.97 0.815 0.904 0.723 43 years 98 421 97 960 98 909 105 128 81 40.54 39.05 42.00 1.067 1.303 0.819 44 years 98 316 97 833 98 828 122 147 97 39.58 38.10 41.04 1.245 1.498 0.980 45 years 98 194 97 686 98 732 121 119 123 38.63 37.16 40.08 1.234 1.219 1.250 46 years 98 073 97 567 98 608 133 157 109 37.68 36.21 39.13 1.360 1.606 1.103 47 years 97 939 97 411 98 499 133 157 107 36.73 35.26 38.17 1.359 1.616 1.091 48 years 97 806 97 253 98 392 136 154 117 35.78 34.32 37.21 1.387 1.580 1.185 49 years 97 671 97 099 98 275 159 158 161 34.83 33.37 36.25 1.631 1.629 1.634 50 years 97 511 96 941 98 115 197 228 165 33.88 32.43 35.31 2.025 2.351 1.683 51 years 97 314 96 713 97 950 190 244 132 32.95 31.50 34.37 1.947 2.526 1.344 52 years 97 124 96 469 97 818 223 288 155 32.01 30.58 33.42 2.297 2.982 1.582 53 years 96 901 96 181 97 663 246 289 201 31.08 29.67 32.47 2.539 3.000 2.059 54 years 96 655 95 893 97 462 271 326 213 30.16 28.76 31.53 2.805 3.404 2.181 55 years 96 384 95 566 97 250 299 358 236 29.25 27.85 30.60 3.105 3.750 2.428 56 years 96 085 95 208 97 014 272 322 218 28.34 26.96 29.68 2.831 3.386 2.244 57 years 95 813 94 886 96 796 354 428 274 27.41 26.05 28.74 3.692 4.508 2.834 58 years 95 459 94 458 96 522 392 496 280 26.51 25.16 27.82 4.103 5.255 2.906 59 years 95 067 93 961 96 241 407 502 307 25.62 24.29 26.90 4.283 5.342 3.189 60 years 94 660 93 459 95 934 428 510 341 24.73 23.42 25.99 4.525 5.460 3.555 61 years 94 232 92 949 95 593 518 587 446 23.84 22.55 25.08 5.502 6.314 4.663 62 years 93 714 92 362 95 147 536 648 417 22.97 21.69 24.19 5.719 7.011 4.388 63 years 93 178 91 715 94 730 609 717 495 22.10 20.84 23.30 6.532 7.815 5.222 64 years 92 569 90 998 94 235 660 803 512 21.24 20.00 22.42 7.134 8.820 5.434 65 years 91 909 90 195 93 723 727 833 616 20.39 19.17 21.54 7.905 9.233 6.577 66 years 91 182 89 363 93 107 868 1 029 701 19.55 18.34 20.67 9.517 11.518 7.526 67 years 90 314 88 333 92 406 892 1 036 743 18.73 17.55 19.83 9.871 11.725 8.043 68 years 89 423 87 298 91 663 913 1 131 690 17.91 16.75 18.98 10.209 12.954 7.532 69 years 88 510 86 167 90 972 1 134 1 324 938 17.09 15.97 18.12 12.811 15.369 10.316 70 years 87 376 84 843 90 034 1 115 1 304 917 16.31 15.21 17.31 12.761 15.369 10.189 71 years 86 261 83 539 89 116 1 312 1 444 1 173 15.51 14.44 16.48 15.209 17.288 13.163 72 years 84 949 82 094 87 943 1 472 1 759 1 172 14.74 13.68 15.69 17.328 21.425 13.331 73 years 83 477 80 336 86 771 1 558 1 723 1 385 13.99 12.97 14.90 18.666 21.446 15.961 74 years 81 919 78 613 85 386 1 742 1 918 1 560 13.25 12.25 14.13 21.271 24.393 18.265 75 years 80 176 76 695 83 826 1 999 2 267 1 722 12.53 11.54 13.39 24.926 29.563 20.541 76 years 78 178 74 428 82 105 2 113 2 403 1 818 11.84 10.88 12.66 27.026 32.287 22.137 77 years 76 065 72 025 80 287 2 346 2 633 2 056 11.15 10.22 11.93 30.844 36.551 25.614 78 years 73 719 69 392 78 231 2 449 2 742 2 151 10.49 9.59 11.23 33.225 39.521 27.502 79 years 71 270 66 650 76 079 2 596 2 788 2 407 9.83 8.97 10.54 36.422 41.825 31.638 80 years 68 674 63 862 73 672 2 772 3 203 2 355 9.19 8.33 9.86 40.365 50.160 31.972 81 years 65 902 60 659 71 317 3 045 3 376 2 737 8.55 7.75 9.17 46.205 55.649 38.384 82 years 62 857 57 283 68 579 3 304 3 568 3 068 7.94 7.18 8.52 52.563 62.279 44.738 83 years 59 553 53 716 65 511 3 771 3 975 3 602 7.35 6.62 7.90 63.322 73.998 54.989 84 years 55 782 49 741 61 909 3 945 4 233 3 701 6.82 6.11 7.33 70.715 85.094 59.789 85 years 51 837 45 508 58 207 4 151 4 347 4 005 6.30 5.63 6.76 80.073 95.512 68.802 86 years 47 686 41 162 54 203 4 347 4 675 4 100 5.80 5.17 6.22 91.162 113.580 75.647 87 years 43 339 36 486 50 102 4 423 4 378 4 528 5.33 4.77 5.69 102.051 119.989 90.371 88 years 38 916 32 108 45 574 4 755 4 584 4 982 4.88 4.35 5.21 122.192 142.777 109.325 89 years 34 161 27 524 40 592 4 709 4 466 5 001 4.49 3.99 4.78 137.837 162.241 123.201 90 years 29 452 23 059 35 591 4 515 4 158 4 923 4.13 3.67 4.39 153.311 180.338 138.324 91 years 24 937 18 900 30 668 4 204 3 853 4 613 3.79 3.37 4.01 168.600 203.842 150.430 92 years 20 733 15 048 26 055 4 084 3 481 4 687 3.46 3.10 3.63 196.981 231.362 179.885 93 years 16 649 11 566 21 368 3 549 2 830 4 242 3.18 2.89 3.32 213.149 244.684 198.512 94 years 13 100 8 736 17 126 3 209 2 500 3 893 2.91 2.66 3.02 244.968 286.176 227.299 95 years 9 891 6 236 13 233 2 624 1 786 3 400 2.69 2.52 2.76 265.333 286.396 256.949 96 years 7 267 4 450 9 833 2 173 1 379 2 899 2.48 2.34 2.54 299.033 309.847 294.843 97 years 5 094 3 071 6 934 1 599 1 072 2 092 2.33 2.16 2.39 313.852 349.166 301.647 98 years 3 495 1 999 4 842 1 199 751 1 613 2.17 2.05 2.20 342.985 375.624 333.117 99 years 2 296 1 248 3 229 786 439 1 097 2.04 1.98 2.06 342.265 352.099 339.584 100 years 1 510 809 2 133 600 364 821 1.84 1.79 1.85 397.469 450.323 385.198 101 years 910 444 1 311 373 155 552 1.72 1.84 1.70 409.788 348.128 421.089 102 years 537 290 759 244 122 350 1.57 1.56 1.58 454.162 421.179 461.138 103 years 293 168 409 139 85 190 1.47 1.33 1.50 474.017 509.499 465.379 104 years 154 82 219 68 43 92 1.34 1.18 1.37 438.276 527.633 420.997 105 years 87 39 127 43 21 62 1.00 0.95 1.01 499.291 550.671 489.603 106 years 43 17 65 43 17 65 0.50 0.50 0.50 1 000.000 1 000.000 1 000.000 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The statistics cover the number of deaths per week, month and calendar year. Death, death rates, infant mortality and expectation of life can be indications of the general health state of the population.
Residents
Who is counted as a resident of Norway and where in Norway a person is counted as a resident is stipulated in the Population Registration Act of 16 January 1970. The regulations of the act were amended effective February 1st 1980.
Mortality rates
The frequency of deaths in the population. In most cases the rate is multiplied by 1 000 so that it can be interpreted as the number of deaths per 1 000 persons.
Infant mortality
Number of deaths per 1 000 live births among children under the age of one.
Probability of death
Probability of death for a man/woman at age x is the probability that he/she will die before he/she reaches the age of x + 1. Probability of death is estimated for each age level separately for men and women and is used inter alia to estimate life expectancy. Probability of death is not the same as age-specific mortality rates.
Life expectancy - remaining lifetime
Life expectancy or mean lifetime is the number of years a new-born can expect to live under current mortality conditions (period mortality). Life expectancy is estimated on the basis of the age-specific mortality probabilities in the period. Expectation of life is estimated for the various age levels.
Name: Deaths
Topic: Population
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The statistics cover number of deaths per week, month and calendar year. Mortality rates, infant mortality and life expectancy can indicate the general health of the population.
Statistics Norway has national figures dating back to 1735 and county figures from around 1950.
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Death statistics are included in the population accounts as one of the components for understanding the changes in the population.
From 1 January 2000 the same definition will mainly be used in the quarterly figures vis-à-vis the final statistics. The main difference is that in the final death statistics there is a two-month wait before the death reports are taken out, while in the quarterly figures there is only a one-month wait. From 1 January 2002 there is one-month wait before the death report are taken out, such as the quarterly figures.
The number of deaths in causes of death statistics does not completely coincide with the number of deaths in Statistics Norway’s population statistics. The difference used to be more extensive due to different routines regarding delayed reporting.
The differences in the number of deaths in recent years are due to the fact that population statistics are not including civilian death certificates received after the end of January the following year, while causes of deaths statistics includes medical death certificates received until just before publishing the results, for example for the 2010 statistics until the end of September 2011. On the other hand population statistics are including deaths that occurred in previous years, with a change in birth year and death year for the deceased so that age at death will be correct.
The different routines have, for the last twenty years, resulted in a yearly difference in the number of deaths by plus/minus 100 with a few exceptions. Please note that even for a statistical year with an equal number of deaths the two statistics can include a different group of (population of) deaths, for instance regarding age, gender and so on for approximately 200 persons. Nevertheless, over a time span of several statistical years the populations with be approximately identical.
In April 2020, production of preliminary figures for deaths was started on a weekly basis. Here, one deviates from the usual lag principle for other population statistics in that one uses the date of the incident regardless of when the death report is registered in the National Population Register. This means that there will always be a small discrepancy between the sum of the preliminary figures and the final year.
Statistics Act § 10
The statistics cover only persons registered as living in Norway at the time of their death, without regard to whether the death took place in Norway or abroad.
The statistics for 1999 mainly cover deaths that actually occurred in 1999. Deaths from all previous years are counted in the 1999 figures if the report was made between 1 March 1999 and 29 February 2000, i.e. too late to be included in the 1998 or earlier annual statistics.
From 1985 to 1998 the statistics covered deaths that actually had happened during the year and in addition only deaths from the preceding year which were recorded too late to be included in the statistics.
From 2002 the statistics cover deaths from all previous years if the report was made between 1 March and 31 January 2003, i.e. too late to be included in the 2001 or earlier annual statistics.
Death statistics are based on population register information which from 23 October 2020 is based on the new population register database FREG. Figures from 1995 and later are based on the Central Population Register (DSF) at the Directorate of Taxes, while the figures for 1968-1994 are taken from its predecessor, the National Population Register (DSP). The register was built up from 1964 to 1966 on the basis of the 1960 census, at the same time as the 11-digit national identity number was introduced as identification. The Office of the National Registrar, which administrates the register, was transferred in 1991 from Statistics Norway to the Directorate of Taxes.
Since 1946 each municipality has had a local population registry that registers all residents in the municipality, pursuant to the Population Registration Act and its regulations. The population registries receive reports of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, migration etc. from various sources.
Deaths are reported by the probate court or sheriff to the population registry in the deceased person's municipality of residence. Reports of deaths abroad of persons who were residents of Norway are received via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
Updating of the Central Population Register is done in part by the local population registries, which are connected to the DSF via terminals, and in part by the Directorate of Taxes. The basis of the statistics on changes in the population is electronic copies to Statistics Norway of all such register updates. The reports are also used to update a separate Statistics Norway population database kept for statistical purposes, which forms the basis for the statistics on the composition of the population.
Data on basic statistical units are taken from the Land register (Matrikkelen/cadaster) owned by the Norwegian Mapping Authority.
In addition to checks made by the DSF, Statistics Norway performs checks for statistical purposes.
The statistics counts deaths by sex, age, marital status and citizenship.
If a table consists zero, one or two units and disclosing these units can lead to identification of individuals, the figure is rounded up or left empty.
For preliminary figures at municipal or county level, exceptions have been granted, so that figures less than three may also occur.
In 1999 the scope of which deaths are included was changed, leading to an 0.3 per cent increase in the number of deaths compared with the previous definition.
The method for calculating life expectancy was revised in 1998. The difference with the old method of calculation was a couple of hundreds.
Measurement and processing errors
Some errors made during the collecting and processing of the data are unavoidable and include coding, revision and data processing errors etc. Extensive efforts have been made to minimize these errors, and we regard these types of errors to be relatively insignificant.
Registry error
The quality of the death notifications is generally very good and there is very little delay in the notification process for deaths that have occurred in Norway. Reporting of deaths abroad is in some cases very delayed, but the extent is so small that it has very little effect on the statistics.
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