Statistics Norway

Causes of death

8   Suicide and suicide rate per 100 000 population, by sex and age. 1951-2002
Age Males Females
1951- 1955 1961- 1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1951- 1955 1961-1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
  Number1
All ages      185     212     271     345     424     477     437     403     399     430     409     411     362 56 62 94  128  153  174  155  142  149  153  132  138  132
10-14 - 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 5 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 -
15-19 2 4 10 20 25 28 28 22 18 27 28 21 18 1 1 3 4 6 8 7 10 8 16 8 8 8
20-29 19 19 43 65 84 99 91 86 91  101 83 78 68 4 5 17 24 20 21 18 19 23 20 20 22 19
30-39 33 35 34 52 74 83 77 71 82 72 78 82 74 7 8 11 17 27 31 25 25 23 31 26 15 23
40-49 40 48 53 50 61 84 81 71 62 73 83 66 57 12 12 16 21 25 34 31 29 25 34 27 40 28
50-59 44 49 60 70 76 62 50 56 63 62 54 66 57 14 19 21 31 31 26 21 23 31 15 18 24 21
60-69 31 34 41 50 59 61 50 41 40 50 31 41 31 12 10 18 21 27 29 24 16 18 18 16 18 17
70- 16 22 28 37 41 55 55 50 38 44 48 57 55 6 7 8 10 17 25 27 18 21 18 17 11 16
                                                     
  Deaths per 100 000 population
All ages 11.1 11.6 13.8 17.2 20.7 22.9 20.5 18.4 18.2 19.5 18.4 18.4 16.1 3.3 3.4 4.7 6.3 7.3 8.2 7.1 6.3 6.7 6.8 5.8 6.1 5.8
10-14 - 0.1 1.3 0.8 2.2 2.8 3.7 2.7 3.6 0.7 2.7 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 2.1 2.9 6.4 12.4 15.0 16.7 19.0 16.3 13.2 19.9 20.6 15.3 13.0 0.6 0.7 2.0 2.5 3.5 5.0 5.1 7.7 6.2 12.4 6.2 6.2 6.1
20-29 7.9 8.5 13.8 20.6 26.5 29.7 26.7 27.0 28.5 32.3 27.0 25.9 23.0 1.8 2.2 5.8 8.0 6.5 6.6 5.5 6.3 7.4 6.6 6.7 7.5 6.6
30-39 12.5 15.2 15.7 19.2 23.5 26.0 23.8 20.9 24.1 20.9 22.4 23.3 20.9 2.7 3.6 5.3 6.8 9.2 10.3 8.0 7.6 7.1 9.4 7.8 4.5 6.8
40-49 17.3 18.9 23.8 24.8 28.6 31.2 26.1 22.7 19.7 23.1 26.1 20.7 17.7 5.2 4.9 7.3 10.4 12.0 13.1 10.6 9.5 8.3 11.2 8.8 13.0 9.0
50-59 23.7 22.6 25.0 30.0 36.2 32.4 24.6 21.6 24.3 23.0 19.4 23.0 19.3 7.3 8.3 8.5 13.0 14.5 13.3 10.5 9.3 12.3 5.7 6.7 8.7 7.4
60-69 25.0 20.9 22.0 25.2 28.8 30.6 27.4 24.6 23.8 29.6 18.2 23.9 17.8 8.2 5.8 8.6 9.7 12.0 13.1 12.1 8.9 9.9 9.9 8.8 9.9 9.2
70- 18.1 19.2 19.4 23.4 23.5 29.8 27.8 24.7 18.7 21.6 23.6 28.0 27.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.3 6.6 8.9 8.8 5.9 6.7 5.8 5.5 3.6 5.2
1  Annual average for the five-year period.

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