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Causes of death

22   Deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death. Oslo. 2003 1
Cause of death. Abbreviated basic list Total Age
Under 1 year 1 -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                    
I alt 5 007 35 19 24 64  114  215  378  657 3 501
Males 2 207 17 12 13 47 67  137  223  380 1 311
Females 2 800 18 7 11 17 47 78  155  277 2 190
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                    
Total 4 693 32 15 7 28 64  178  349  637 3 383
Males 2 038 17 9 5 20 34  111  206  367 1 269
Females 2 655 15 6 2 8 30 67  143  270 2 114
01 Infectious an parasitic diseases(A00-B99)                    
Total 74 1 1 - - 1 5 4 10 52
Males 36 1 1 - - 1 4 4 5 20
Females 38 - - - - - 1 - 5 32
02 Tuberculosis (A15-A19,B90)                    
Total 11 - - - - - - - 4 7
Males 8 - - - - - - - 3 5
Females 3 - - - - - - - 1 2
03 Meningococcal infection (A39)                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - - - -
Females - - - - - - - - - -
04 AIDS (HIV-disease) (B20-B24)                    
Total 6 - - - - - 3 2 - 1
Males 5 - - - - - 2 2 - 1
Females 1 - - - - - 1 - - -
05 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)                    
Total 3 - - - - 1 2 - - -
Males 3 - - - - 1 2 - - -
Females - - - - - - - - - -
06 Neoplasms (C00-D48)                    
Total 1 190 - 4 1 14 32 76  166  246  651
Males  567 - 4 - 10 11 32 88  131  291
Females  623 - - 1 4 21 44 78  115  360
07 Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)                    
Total 1 162 - 4 1 14 32 75  166  245  625
Males  554 - 4 - 10 11 31 88  130  280
Females  608 - - 1 4 21 44 78  115  345
08 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)                    
Total 26 - - - 1 - 4 6 8 7
Males 19 - - - 1 - 2 5 7 4
Females 7 - - - - - 2 1 1 3
09 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15)                    
Total 22 - - - - - 1 7 6 8
Males 15 - - - - - 1 4 6 4
Females 7 - - - - - - 3 - 4
10 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)                    
Total 43 - - - - - 2 2 14 25
Males 19 - - - - - 1 2 7 9
Females 24 - - - - - 1 - 7 16
11 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18)                    
Total  112 - - - - 2 6 11 16 77
Males 36 - - - - 1 2 5 7 21
Females 76 - - - - 1 4 6 9 56
12 Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus (C19-C21)                    
Total 59 - - - - - 4 10 13 32
Males 32 - - - - - 3 6 8 15
Females 27 - - - - - 1 4 5 17
13 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)                    
Total 9 - - - - - 3 3 - 3
Males 8 - - - - - 3 3 - 2
Females 1 - - - - - - - - 1
14 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)                    
Total 73 - - - - 4 3 9 14 43
Males 34 - - - - 2 2 5 7 18
Females 39 - - - - 2 1 4 7 25
15 Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung (C32-C34)                    
Total  218 - - - - 2 12 40 70 94
Males  127 - - - - - 6 25 42 54
Females 91 - - - - 2 6 15 28 40
16 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)                    
Total 24 - - 1 1 1 2 2 7 10
Males 12 - - - 1 - - 1 5 5
Females 12 - - 1 - 1 2 1 2 5
17 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)                    
Total  102 - - - - 6 13 17 19 47
Males - - - - - - - - - -
Females  102 - - - - 6 13 17 19 47
18 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53)                    
Total 15 - - - - 4 3 2 2 4
Females 15 - - - - 4 3 2 2 4
19 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus (C54-C55)                    
Total 11 - - - - - 1 1 - 9
Females 11 - - - - - 1 1 - 9
20 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)                    
Total 27 - - - - - 3 4 9 11
Females 27 - - - - - 3 4 9 11
21 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)                    
Total 95 - - - - - - 7 14 74
Males 95 - - - - - - 7 14 74
22 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64)                    
Total 12 - - - - - 2 - 3 7
Males 6 - - - - - 1 - 1 4
Females 6 - - - - - 1 - 2 3
Maglignant neoplasm of bladder (C67)                    
Total 43 - - - - - - 1 9 33
Males 26 - - - - - - 1 7 18
Females 17 - - - - - - - 2 15
24 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid/haematapoietic tissue (C81-C96)                    
Total  114 - - - 4 3 8 15 24 60
Males 51 - - - 2 3 5 6 12 23
Females 63 - - - 2 - 3 9 12 37
25 Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)                    
Total 16 - - - - 1 3 1 - 11
Males 5 - - - - 1 2 - - 2
Females 11 - - - - - 1 1 - 9
26 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)                    
Total  145 2 1 - 1 5 6 8 17  105
Males 53 2 - - 1 3 5 5 13 24
Females 92 - 1 - - 2 1 3 4 81
27 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)                    
Total 75 - - - 1 5 3 6 11 49
Males 31 - - - 1 3 2 4 10 11
Females 44 - - - - 2 1 2 1 38
28 Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)                    
Total  161 - - - 2 1 3 6 14  135
Males 56 - - - 2 1 3 5 9 36
Females  105 - - - - - - 1 5 99
29 Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic psychosis) (F10)                    
Total 19 - - - 1 1 1 6 7 3
Males 18 - - - 1 1 1 5 7 3
Females 1 - - - - - - 1 - -
30 Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F16,F18-F19)                    
Total 3 - - - 1 - 2 - - -
Males 3 - - - 1 - 2 - - -
Females - - - - - - - - - -
31 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)                    
Total  156 - 2 1 1 2 10 6 22  112
Males 68 - 1 1 - 1 9 3 10 43
Females 88 - 1 - 1 1 1 3 12 69
32 Meningitis (G00-G03)                    
Total 4 - - - - 1 - - - 3
Males 3 - - - - 1 - - - 2
Females 1 - - - - - - - - 1
33 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)                    
Total 1 810 1 1 2 4 14 34 78  204 1 472
Males  768 - 1 1 3 11 27 53  125  547
Females 1 042 1 - 1 1 3 7 25 79  925
34 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)                    
Total  740 - - - - 5 22 38 95  580
Males  379 - - - - 4 18 27 66  264
Females  361 - - - - 1 4 11 29  316
35 Other heart diseases (I30-I33,I39-I52)                    
Total  419 1 - 1 2 2 4 12 28  369
Males  144 - - 1 2 2 3 9 15  112
Females  275 1 - - - - 1 3 13  257
36 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)                    
Total  422 - 1 - 1 3 6 12 45  354
Males  143 - 1 - 1 2 4 6 22  107
Females  279 - - - - 1 2 6 23  247
37 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)                    
Total  486 1 1 - - - 5 20 57  402
Males  197 - - - - - 4 8 28  157
Females  289 1 1 - - - 1 12 29  245
38 Influenza (J10-J11)                    
Total 5 - - - - - - - 1 4
Males 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Females 4 - - - - - - - 1 3
39 Pneumonia (J12-J18)                    
Total  248 1 1 - - - 2 2 13  229
Males 94 - - - - - 1 1 6 86
Females  154 1 1 - - - 1 1 7  143
40 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)                    
Total  195 - - - - - 2 16 35  142
Males 86 - - - - - 2 7 16 61
Females  109 - - - - - - 9 19 81
41 Asthma (J45-J46)                    
Total 10 - - - - - - - 1 9
Males 4 - - - - - - - 1 3
Females 6 - - - - - - - - 6
42 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)                    
Total  179 - - - - 6 19 20 19  115
Males 78 - - - - 3 12 13 14 36
Females  101 - - - - 3 7 7 5 79
43 Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and jejunum (K25-K28)                    
Total 41 - - - - - 1 3 6 31
Males 15 - - - - - 1 2 3 9
Females 26 - - - - - - 1 3 22
44 Chronic liver disease (K70,K73-K74)                    
Total 46 - - - - 5 16 13 5 7
Males 31 - - - - 2 11 8 5 5
Females 15 - - - - 3 5 5 - 2
45 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)                    
Total 15 - - - - - - - 1 14
Males 7 - - - - - - - - 7
Females 8 - - - - - - - 1 7
46 Diseases of musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)                    
Total 34 - - - 2 - 1 - 5 26
Males 12 - - - 1 - 1 - 3 7
Females 22 - - - 1 - - - 2 19
47 Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis (M05-M06,M15-M19)                    
Total 12 - - - - - - - 2 10
Males 5 - - - - - - - 2 3
Females 7 - - - - - - - - 7
48 Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99)                    
Total 83 - - - - - 1 5 4 73
Males 43 - - - - - - 4 4 35
Females 40 - - - - - 1 1 - 38
49 Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29)                    
Total 51 - - - - - 1 3 3 44
Males 26 - - - - - - 2 3 21
Females 25 - - - - - 1 1 - 23
50 Complicatons of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Females - - - - - - - - - -
51 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)                    
Total 21 19 2 - - - - - - -
Males 12 10 2 - - - - - - -
Females 9 9 - - - - - - - -
52 Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)                    
Total 14 5 3 - 1 - - 3 1 1
Males 4 3 - - - - - 1 - -
Females 10 2 3 - 1 - - 2 1 1
53 Congenital malformation of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)                    
Total 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - - - -
Females 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
54 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)                    
Total 8 2 2 - 1 - - 2 - 1
Males 2 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Females 6 1 2 - 1 - - 1 - 1
55 Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)                    
Total  309 3 - 3 3 2 15 32 37  214
Males  132 1 - 3 3 2 12 22 25 64
Females  177 2 - - - - 3 10 12  150
56 Sudden infant death syndrome (R95)                    
Total 2 2 - - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - - - -
Females 2 2 - - - - - - - -
57 Unknown and unspecified causes (R96-R99)                    
Total  245 1 - 3 3 2 15 32 37  152
Males  121 1 - 3 3 2 12 22 25 53
Females  124 - - - - - 3 10 12 99
Violent deaths, total                    
Total  314 3 4 17 36 50 37 29 20  118
Males  169 - 3 8 27 33 26 17 13 42
Females  145 3 1 9 9 17 11 12 7 76
59 Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)                    
Total  244 1 3 14 18 30 26 22 18  112
Males  124 - 3 7 14 18 17 15 12 38
Females  120 1 - 7 4 12 9 7 6 74
60 Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85)                    
Total 37 1 2 6 7 7 1 3 4 6
Males 19 - 2 2 5 3 1 2 1 3
Females 18 1 - 4 2 4 - 1 3 3
61 Accidental falls (W00-W19)                    
Total 94 - - 1 1 2 1 1 5 83
Males 38 - - 1 1 2 1 - 4 29
Females 56 - - - - - - 1 1 54
62 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49)                    
Total 68 - - 7 8 15 21 10 4 3
Males 43 - - 4 7 8 13 7 3 1
Females 25 - - 3 1 7 8 3 1 2
63 Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0)                    
Total 55 - - 3 14 14 10 6 2 6
Males 40 - - 1 10 13 9 2 1 4
Females 15 - - 2 4 1 1 4 1 2
64 Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1)                    
Total 12 2 1 - 4 5 - - - -
Males 4 - - - 3 1 - - - -
Females 8 2 1 - 1 4 - - - -
65 Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2)                    
Total 3 - - - - 1 1 1 - -
Males 1 - - - - 1 - - - -
Females 2 - - - - - 1 1 - -
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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