Statistics Norway

Causes of death

8 Suicide and suicide rate per 100 000 population, by sex and age. 1951-2006
Age Males Females
1951- 1955 1961- 1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1951- 1955 1961-1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
  Number1
All ages  185   212   271   345   424   477   437   403   373   411   362   374   359   360   391   56   62   94   128   153   174   155   142   148   138   132   128   170   173   141
10 - 14 - 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 2 0 2 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 - 3 3 1 0
15 - 19 2 4 10 20 25 28 28 22 20 21 18 22 22 18 23 1 1 3 4 6 8 7 10 8 8 8 8 10 6 6
20 - 29 19 19 43 65 84 99 91 86 71 78 68 66 71 73 78 4 5 17 24 20 21 18 19 22 22 19 20 23 28 17
30 - 39 33 35 34 52 74 83 77 71 73 82 74 78 54 75 65 7 8 11 17 27 31 25 25 25 15 23 21 24 40 24
40 - 49 40 48 53 50 61 84 81 71 67 66 57 65 78 67 66 12 12 16 21 25 34 31 29 33 40 28 24 44 29 37
50 - 59 44 49 60 70 76 62 50 56 60 66 57 65 51 59 65 14 19 21 31 31 26 21 23 27 24 21 26 28 35 30
60 - 69 31 34 41 50 59 61 50 41 34 41 31 33 37 27 42 12 10 18 21 27 29 24 16 17 18 17 11 22 15 18
70 - 16 22 28 37 41 55 55 50 47 57 55 39 46 37 51 6 7 8 10 17 25 27 18 15 11 16 15 16 19 9
                                                             
  Deaths per 100 000 population
All ages 11.1 11.6 13.8 17.2 20.7 22.9 20.5 18.4 16.5 18.4 16.1 16.5 15.8 15.7 16.9 3.3 3.4 4.7 6.3 7.3 8.2 7.1 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.6 7.3 7.4 6.0
10 - 14 - 0.1 1.3 0.8 2.2 2.8 3.7 2.7 1.2 0.0 1.3 3.8 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.0
15 - 19 2.1 2.9 6.4 12.4 15.0 16.7 19.0 16.3 14.2 15.3 13.0 15.5 15.1 11.9 14.8 0.6 0.7 2.0 2.5 3.5 5.0 5.1 7.7 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.0 7.2 4.2 4.1
20 - 29 7.9 8.5 13.8 20.6 26.5 29.7 26.7 27.0 24.4 25.9 23.0 22.7 24.8 25.6 27.3 1.8 2.2 5.8 8.0 6.5 6.6 5.5 6.3 7.9 7.5 6.6 7.0 8.2 10.0 6.1
30 - 39 12.5 15.2 15.7 19.2 23.5 26.0 23.8 20.9 20.5 23.3 20.9 21.9 15.2 21.3 18.6 2.7 3.6 5.3 6.8 9.2 10.3 8.0 7.6 7.2 4.5 6.8 6.1 7.0 11.7 7.1
40 - 49 17.3 18.9 23.8 24.8 28.6 31.2 26.1 22.7 20.5 20.7 17.7 20.1 23.9 20.2 19.6 5.2 4.9 7.3 10.4 12.0 13.1 10.6 9.5 10.5 13.0 9.0 7.7 13.9 9.1 11.5
50 - 59 23.7 22.6 25.0 30.0 36.2 32.4 24.6 21.6 20.0 23.0 19.3 21.6 16.8 19.3 21.2 7.3 8.3 8.5 13.0 14.5 13.3 10.5 9.3 9.3 8.7 7.4 9.0 9.5 11.8 10.1
60 - 69 25.0 20.9 22.0 25.2 28.8 30.6 27.4 24.6 18.7 23.9 17.8 18.4 19.6 13.5 19.8 8.2 5.8 8.6 9.7 12.0 13.1 12.1 8.9 8.7 9.9 9.2 5.8 11.2 7.3 8.3
70 - 18.1 19.2 19.4 23.4 23.5 29.8 27.8 24.7 23.0 28.0 27.0 19.2 22.6 18.2 25.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.3 6.6 8.9 8.8 5.9 5.0 3.6 5.2 4.9 5.3 6.3 3.0
1  Annual average for the five-year period.

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