Statistics Norway

Causes of death

8 Suicide and suicide rate per 100 000 population, by sex and age. 1951-2005
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 2004 2005 1951- 1955 1961-1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  Number1
All ages       185       212       271       345       424       477       437       403       399       430       409       411       362       374       359       360      56      62      94       128       153       174       155       142       149       153       132       138       132       128       170       173
10 - 14 - 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 5 1 4 0 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 3 1
15 - 19 2 4 10 20 25 28 28 22 18 27 28 21 18 22 22 18 1 1 3 4 6 8 7 10 8 16 8 8 8 8 10 6
20 - 29 19 19 43 65 84 99 91 86 91  101 83 78 68 66 71 73 4 5 17 24 20 21 18 19 23 20 20 22 19 20 23 28
30 - 39 33 35 34 52 74 83 77 71 82 72 78 82 74 78 54 75 7 8 11 17 27 31 25 25 23 31 26 15 23 21 24 40
40 - 49 40 48 53 50 61 84 81 71 62 73 83 66 57 65 78 67 12 12 16 21 25 34 31 29 25 34 27 40 28 24 44 29
50 - 59 44 49 60 70 76 62 50 56 63 62 54 66 57 65 51 59 14 19 21 31 31 26 21 23 31 15 18 24 21 26 28 35
60 - 69 31 34 41 50 59 61 50 41 40 50 31 41 31 33 37 27 12 10 18 21 27 29 24 16 18 18 16 18 17 11 22 15
70 - 16 22 28 37 41 55 55 50 38 44 48 57 55 39 46 37 6 7 8 10 17 25 27 18 21 18 17 11 16 15 16 19
                                                                 
  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 15.8 15.7 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 7.3 7.4
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 0.9 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 0.7 0.2
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 15.1 11.9 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 7.2 4.2
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 24.8 25.6 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 8.2 10.0
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 15.2 21.3 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 7.0 11.7
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 23.9 20.2 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 13.9 9.1
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 16.8 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 9.0 9.5 11.8
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 19.6 13.5 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 11.2 7.3
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 22.6 18.2 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 5.3 6.3
1  Annual average for the five-year period.

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