Statistics Norway

Causes of death

8   Suicide and suicide rate per 100 000 population, by sex and age. 1951-2003
Age Males Females
1951- 1955 1961- 1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1951- 1955 1961-1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
  Number1
All ages  185    212    271    345    424    477    437    403    399    430    409    411    362    374   56   62   94    128    153    174    155    142    149    153    132    138    132    128
10- 14 - 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 5 1 4 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
15-19 2 4 10 20 25 28 28 22 18 27 28 21 18 22 1 1 3 4 6 8 7 10 8 16 8 8 8 8
20-29 19 19 43 65 84 99 91 86 91  101 83 78 68 66 4 5 17 24 20 21 18 19 23 20 20 22 19 20
30-39 33 35 34 52 74 83 77 71 82 72 78 82 74 78 7 8 11 17 27 31 25 25 23 31 26 15 23 21
40-49 40 48 53 50 61 84 81 71 62 73 83 66 57 65 12 12 16 21 25 34 31 29 25 34 27 40 28 24
50-59 44 49 60 70 76 62 50 56 63 62 54 66 57 65 14 19 21 31 31 26 21 23 31 15 18 24 21 26
60-69 31 34 41 50 59 61 50 41 40 50 31 41 31 33 12 10 18 21 27 29 24 16 18 18 16 18 17 11
70- 16 22 28 37 41 55 55 50 38 44 48 57 55 39 6 7 8 10 17 25 27 18 21 18 17 11 16 15
                                                         
  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 16.5 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 5.6
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 3.8 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 2.0
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 15.5 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 6.0
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 22.7 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 7.0
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 21.9 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 6.1
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 20.1 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 7.7
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 21.6 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 9.0
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 18.4 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 5.8
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 19.2 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 4.9
1  Annual average for the five-year period.

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