Statistics Norway

Causes of death

2   Deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death. The whole country. 20031
Cause of death. Abbreviated basic list Age
Total Under 1 year 1 - 6 years 7 -14 years 15-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years 65-74 years 75 years and over
Deaths, total                      
Total 42 550  197 78 68  298  465  786    1 648    3 365    6 141    29 504
Males 20 595  112 43 39  217  335  506 1 023 2 058 3 744 12 518
Females 21 955 85 35 29 81  130  280  625 1 307 2 397 16 986
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                      
Total 40 088  191 59 41 93  186  504 1 399 3 134 5 969 28 512
Males 19 075  111 32 21 55  119  287  847 1 884 3 618 12 101
Females 21 013 80 27 20 38 67  217  552 1 250 2 351 16 411
01 Infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99)                      
Total  609 4 4 5 - 2 14 24 26 66  464
Males  279 3 4 4 - 1 10 19 18 33  187
Females  330 1 - 1 - 1 4 5 8 33  277
02 Tuberculosis (A15-A19,B90)                      
Total 52 - - - - - - - - 8 44
Males 34 - - - - - - - - 4 30
Females 18 - - - - - - - - 4 14
03 Meningococcal infection (A39)                      
Total 4 3 1 - - - - - - - -
Males 3 2 1 - - - - - - - -
Females 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
04 AIDS (HIV-disease) (B20-B24)                      
Total 16 - - - - 1 4 6 4 - 1
Males 11 - - - - - 2 5 3 - 1
Females 5 - - - - 1 2 1 1 - -
05 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)                      
Total 13 - - 1 - - 4 7 1 - -
Males 12 - - 1 - - 4 6 1 - -
Females 1 - - - - - - 1 - - -
06 Neoplasms (C00-D48)                      
Total 10 723 - 12 13 26 66  203  635 1 594 2 450 5 724
Males 5 681 - 7 6 13 37 80  295  839 1 427 2 977
Females 5 042 - 5 7 13 29  123  340  755 1 023 2 747
07 Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)                      
Total 10 509 - 12 13 25 66  201  629 1 585 2 429 5 549
Males 5 579 - 7 6 13 37 78  291  834 1 414 2 899
Females 4 930 - 5 7 12 29  123  338  751 1 015 2 650
08 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)                      
Total  134 - - - - 2 2 14 26 34 56
Males 92 - - - - 2 2 10 16 30 32
Females 42 - - - - - - 4 10 4 24
09 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15)                      
Total  161 - - - - - 3 14 30 44 70
Males  115 - - - - - 2 11 22 37 43
Females 46 - - - - - 1 3 8 7 27
10 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)                      
Total  465 - - - 1 3 7 20 59  118  257
Males  282 - - - - 2 3 15 44 86  132
Females  183 - - - 1 1 4 5 15 32  125
11 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18)                      
Total 1 096 - - - - 1 17 49  119  224  686
Males  455 - - - - - 8 17 62  100  268
Females  641 - - - - 1 9 32 57  124  418
12 Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus (C19-C21)                      
Total  512 - - - - 4 3 24 70  114  297
Males  295 - - - - 2 2 14 48 76  153
Females  217 - - - - 2 1 10 22 38  144
13 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)                      
Total  100 - - - - - 4 7 16 21 52
Males 63 - - - - - 2 5 13 16 27
Females 37 - - - - - 2 2 3 5 25
14 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)                      
Total  592 - - - - 1 11 30  102  139  309
Males  304 - - - - - 5 18 64 75  142
Females  288 - - - - 1 6 12 38 64  167
15 Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung (C32-C34)                      
Total 1 964 - - - - 3 20  125  375  663  778
Males 1 245 - - - - 2 6 73  228  428  508
Females  719 - - - - 1 14 52  147  235  270
16 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)                      
Total  243 - - - 2 7 18 26 54 47 89
Males  132 - - - 1 4 7 18 32 27 43
Females  111 - - - 1 3 11 8 22 20 46
17 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)                      
Total  717 - - - - 3 25 97  152  122  318
Males 2 - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Females  715 - - - - 3 25 96  151  122  318
18 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53)                      
Total  109 - - - 2 2 10 17 19 14 45
Females  109 - - - 2 2 10 17 19 14 45
19 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus (C54-C55)                      
Total  155 - - - - - 3 8 24 21 99
Females  155 - - - - - 3 8 24 21 99
20 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)                      
Total  301 - - - 1 1 7 29 61 82  120
Females  301 - - - 1 1 7 29 61 82  120
21 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)                      
Total 1 070 - - - - - - 7 64  215  784
Males 1 070 - - - - - - 7 64  215  784
22 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64)                      
Total  244 - 1 - - - - 17 42 58  126
Males  146 - - - - - - 16 23 33 74
Females 98 - 1 - - - - 1 19 25 52
23 Maglignant neoplasm of bladder (C67)                      
Total  364 - - - - - 1 4 22 67  270
Males  237 - - - - - - 3 13 49  172
Females  127 - - - - - 1 1 9 18 98
24 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid/haematapoietic tissue (C81-C96)                      
Total  860 - 5 5 5 9 16 41  117  195  467
Males  457 - 3 2 3 4 9 26 75  112  223
Females  403 - 2 3 2 5 7 15 42 83  244
25 Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)                      
Total  114 - - 2 1 2 5 4 4 10 86
Males 45 - - 1 1 1 5 3 3 4 27
Females 69 - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 6 59
26 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)                      
Total  933 4 4 - 7 11 27 43 71  138  628
Males  418 2 3 - 3 7 19 34 49 88  213
Females  515 2 1 - 4 4 8 9 22 50  415
27 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)                      
Total  699 - - - 5 6 13 30 50  107  488
Males  319 - - - 3 3 9 23 35 66  180
Females  380 - - - 2 3 4 7 15 41  308
28 Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)                      
Total 1 262 - - - 2 9 24 61 58 86 1 022
Males  469 - - - 1 8 21 48 41 54  296
Females  793 - - - 1 1 3 13 17 32  726
29 Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic psychosis) (F10)                      
Total  168 - - - - 2 11 42 47 45 21
Males  139 - - - - 2 10 35 35 38 19
Females 29 - - - - - 1 7 12 7 2
30 Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F16,F18-F19)                      
Total 38 - - - 2 5 7 17 5 2 -
Males 31 - - - 1 5 7 13 3 2 -
Females 7 - - - 1 - - 4 2 - -
31 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)                      
Total 1 258 4 14 6 15 14 34 74  104  201  792
Males  562 2 6 4 11 8 22 44 64  104  297
Females  696 2 8 2 4 6 12 30 40 97  495
32 Meningitis (G00-G03)                      
Total 23 - 3 - - - 1 1 1 5 12
Males 11 - 1 - - - 1 1 - 2 6
Females 12 - 2 - - - - - 1 3 6
33 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)                      
Total 16 623 4 2 4 8 30 99  308  756 1 992 13 420
Males 7 668 2 2 2 6 22 71  240  565 1 316 5 442
Females 8 955 2 - 2 2 8 28 68  191  676 7 978
34 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)                      
Total 7 292 - - 1 - 14 41  170  431 1 029 5 606
Males 3 842 - - 1 - 11 30  143  344  743 2 570
Females 3 450 - - - - 3 11 27 87  286 3 036
35 Other heart diseases (I30-I33,I39-I52)                      
Total 3 159 3 1 - 6 9 16 51 98  220 2 755
Males 1 272 2 1 - 5 6 15 40 78  133  992
Females 1 887 1 - - 1 3 1 11 20 87 1 763
36 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)                      
Total 4 021 - 1 2 1 3 27 64  115  427 3 381
Males 1 553 - 1 1 1 3 15 37 68  241 1 186
Females 2 468 - - 1 - - 12 27 47  186 2 195
37 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)                      
Total 3 941 1 5 - 4 3 14 49  180  501 3 184
Males 1 905 - 4 - 2 2 7 18 85  287 1 500
Females 2 036 1 1 - 2 1 7 31 95  214 1 684
38 Influenza (J10-J11)                      
Total 50 - - - - - 2 1 1 6 40
Males 22 - - - - - 2 - 1 3 16
Females 28 - - - - - - 1 - 3 24
39 Pneumonia (J12-J18)                      
Total 1 792 1 3 - - 1 4 6 21 83 1 673
Males  769 - 2 - - 1 2 3 12 49  700
Females 1 023 1 1 - - - 2 3 9 34  973
40 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)                      
Total 1 725 - - - 1 2 5 34  133  350 1 200
Males  921 - - - 1 1 2 11 60  193  653
Females  804 - - - - 1 3 23 73  157  547
41 Asthma (J45-J46)                      
Total  119 - - - - 2 4 10 14 12 77
Males 46 - - - - 1 2 2 6 4 31
Females 73 - - - - 1 2 8 8 8 46
42 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)                      
Total 1 304 1 - 1 - 5 28 86  131  184  868
Males  560 - - 1 - 4 18 55 82  106  294
Females  744 1 - - - 1 10 31 49 78  574
43 Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and jejunum (K25-K28)                      
Total  243 - - - - 1 - 5 18 34  185
Males 91 - - - - 1 - 2 9 14 65
Females  152 - - - - - - 3 9 20  120
44 Chronic liver disease (K70,K73-K74)                      
Total  224 - - - - - 18 55 70 42 39
Males  137 - - - - - 10 36 44 26 21
Females 87 - - - - - 8 19 26 16 18
45 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)                      
Total 77 - - - - 1 - - 3 6 67
Males 24 - - - - 1 - - - 2 21
Females 53 - - - - - - - 3 4 46
46 Diseases of musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)                      
Total  251 - - - 1 3 7 8 16 32  184
Males 85 - - - - 1 1 7 5 16 55
Females  166 - - - 1 2 6 1 11 16  129
47 Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis (M05-M06,M15-M19)                      
Total 97 - - - - - - 1 4 17 75
Males 36 - - - - - - 1 1 10 24
Females 61 - - - - - - - 3 7 51
48 Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99)                      
Total  710 - - - 1 - - 6 18 56  629
Males  339 - - - 1 - - - 13 31  294
Females  371 - - - - - - 6 5 25  335
49 Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29)                      
Total  479 - - - 1 - - 4 15 43  416
Males  237 - - - 1 - - - 10 24  202
Females  242 - - - - - - 4 5 19  214
50 Complicatons of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)                      
Total 7 - - - - 4 3 - - - -
Females 7 - - - - 4 3 - - - -
51 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)                      
Total  113  106 4 2 1 - - - - - -
Males 69 67 1 1 - - - - - - -
Females 44 39 3 1 1 - - - - - -
52 Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)                      
Total  139 53 12 7 7 8 9 11 19 8 5
Males 69 28 5 2 3 4 4 9 9 3 2
Females 70 25 7 5 4 4 5 2 10 5 3
53 Congenital malformation of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)                      
Total 13 9 1 2 1 - - - - - -
Males 6 4 - 1 1 - - - - - -
Females 7 5 1 1 - - - - - - -
54 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)                      
Total 49 18 4 1 2 4 5 6 4 3 2
Males 27 11 2 - 1 2 4 4 2 1 -
Females 22 7 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2
55 Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)                      
Total 2 024 14 2 1 20 28 37 90  154  239 1 439
Males  902 7 - - 14 23 29 75  111  147  496
Females 1 122 7 2 1 6 5 8 15 43 92  943
56 Sudden infant death syndrome (R95)                      
Total 11 11 - - - - - - - - -
Males 5 5 - - - - - - - - -
Females 6 6 - - - - - - - - -
57 Unknown and unspecified causes (R96-R99)                      
Total 1 459 3 2 1 20 28 37 90  150  235  893
Males  771 2 - - 14 23 29 75  107  146  375
Females  688 1 2 1 6 5 8 15 43 89  518
Violent deaths, total                      
Total 2 462 6 19 27  205  279  282  249  231  172  992
Males 1 520 1 11 18  162  216  219  176  174  126  417
Females  942 5 8 9 43 63 63 73 57 46  575
59 Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)                      
Total 1 898 3 17 17  123  170  174  157  154  135  948
Males 1 113 1 10 12 99  135  140  111  119 99  387
Females  785 2 7 5 24 35 34 46 35 36  561
60 Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85)                      
Total  360 1 12 10 68 63 52 37 35 30 52
Males  274 - 6 9 56 52 46 25 27 21 32
Females 86 1 6 1 12 11 6 12 8 9 20
61 Accidental falls (W00-W19)                      
Total  843 - - 1 7 7 6 19 32 48  723
Males  374 - - - 6 5 6 15 25 35  282
Females  469 - - 1 1 2 - 4 7 13  441
62 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49)                      
Total  319 - - - 36 74 76 69 43 12 9
Males  226 - - - 25 55 57 44 32 8 5
Females 93 - - - 11 19 19 25 11 4 4
63 Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0)                      
Total  502 - - 9 75 92 95 84 73 36 38
Males  374 - - 6 58 70 73 61 53 26 27
Females  128 - - 3 17 22 22 23 20 10 11
64 Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1)                      
Total 48 3 2 1 5 16 10 5 2 1 3
Males 25 - 1 - 3 11 3 4 2 1 -
Females 23 3 1 1 2 5 7 1 - - 3
65 Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2)                      
Total 13 - - - 2 1 3 3 2 - 2
Males 7 - - - 2 - 3 - - - 2
Females 6 - - - - 1 - 3 2 - -
1  Following recommadations from WHO all acute intoxication deaths (F10-F19 with fourth digit 0) have been moved from chapter V to chapter XX in ICD-10. For the same reason many pneumonia deaths have been coded differently than in earlier years, cfr. DS 30/3-05, Causes of Death 2003.

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