Statistics Norway

Causes of death

14   Deaths among children 1-17 years, by sex and underlying cause of death.2002
ICD-10 Cause of death Boys Girls
Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years
Total (A00-Y89) 125 36 31 22 36 88 33 15 23 17
                     
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99) 77 31 21 12 13 65 25 12 17 11
Infectious an parasitic diseases(A00-B99) 2 1 - - 1 3 2 1 - -
Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97) 21 5 8 3 5 14 2 3 5 4
Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F19) - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) - - - - - - - - - -
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) - - - - - - - - - -
Influenza (J10-J11) 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Pneumonia (J12-J18) - - - - - 2 1 - 1 -
Asthma (J45-J46) 1 - - - 1 1 1 - - -
Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-44,J47) - - - - - - - - - -
Certain conditions orginating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 2 1 - 1 - 2 2 - - -
Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 10 6 2 2 - 14 7 2 2 3
Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) 3 3 - - - 2 2 - - -
Deaths from other diseases (Rest A00-R99) 37 14 11 6 6 26 8 6 9 3
                     
Violent deaths, total (V01-Y89) 48 5 10 10 23 23 8 3 6 6
Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) 21 1 3 4 13 9 4 - 3 2
Accidental falls (W00-W19) 2 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - -
X00-X09 Exposure to smoke, fire and flames(X00-X09) 2 - - 2 - 2 1 - - 1
Accidental poisoning (X40-X49) - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0) 10 - - 2 8 1 - - - 1
Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1) 1 - 1 - - 3 - - 3 -
Other violent deaths (Rest V01-Y89) 12 3 5 2 2 6 3 2 - 1

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