Statistics Norway

Causes of death

2 Deaths by sex, age and underlying cause of death. The whole country. 2008 1
Cause of death. Abbreviated basic list Total Age
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 41 716  163 53 47  288  380  713 1 552 3 644 5 593 29 283
Males 20 316  102 30 26  214  261  461  950 2 246 3 363 12 663
Females 21 400 61 23 21 74  119  252  602 1 398 2 230 16 620
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                      
Total 39 261  161 40 39 80  154  432 1 297 3 413 5 438 28 207
Males 18 809  102 21 20 50 87  243  764 2 080 3 260 12 182
Females 20 452 59 19 19 30 67  189  533 1 333 2 178 16 025
01 Infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99)                      
Total  914 - 2 1 2 6 9 30 41 84  739
Males  415 - 1 - 1 3 6 20 25 49  310
Females  499 - 1 1 1 3 3 10 16 35  429
02 Tuberculosis (A15-A19,B90)                      
Total 25 - - - - - - - - 3 22
Males 12 - - - - - - - - 2 10
Females 13 - - - - - - - - 1 12
03 Meningococcal infection (A39)                      
Total 3 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1
Males 1 - - - - - - 1 - - -
Females 2 - - - 1 - - - - - 1
04 AIDS (HIV-disease) (B20-B24)                      
Total 12 - - - - 3 3 3 3 - -
Males 9 - - - - 2 2 2 3 - -
Females 3 - - - - 1 1 1 - - -
05 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)                      
Total 24 - - - - 1 3 8 5 2 5
Males 17 - - - - 1 2 8 4 - 2
Females 7 - - - - - 1 - 1 2 3
06 Neoplasms (C00-D48)                      
Total 10 886 1 12 14 22 61  174  619 1 695 2 412 5 876
Males 5 798 1 10 7 14 24 70  290  894 1 366 3 122
Females 5 088 - 2 7 8 37  104  329  801 1 046 2 754
07 Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)                      
Total 10 632 1 12 14 21 60  171  615 1 685 2 377 5 676
Males 5 675 1 10 7 13 24 68  288  889 1 345 3 030
Females 4 957 - 2 7 8 36  103  327  796 1 032 2 646
08 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)                      
Total  121 - - - - - 2 19 27 34 39
Males 86 - - - - - 1 18 23 23 21
Females 35 - - - - - 1 1 4 11 18
09 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15)                      
Total  178 - - - - - 2 10 41 53 72
Males  131 - - - - - 2 7 35 42 45
Females 47 - - - - - - 3 6 11 27
10 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16)                      
Total  365 - - - - 2 3 21 52 76  211
Males  205 - - - - - 3 10 35 51  106
Females  160 - - - - 2 - 11 17 25  105
11 Malignant neoplasm of colon (C18)                      
Total 1 164 - - - - 4 17 43  151  245  704
Males  541 - - - - 2 8 21 81  123  306
Females  623 - - - - 2 9 22 70  122  398
12 Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus (C19-C21)                      
Total  392 - - - - 3 10 23 68 74  214
Males  220 - - - - 3 4 13 44 47  109
Females  172 - - - - - 6 10 24 27  105
13 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22)                      
Total  163 - - 1 - 1 7 15 21 32 86
Males 83 - - - - - 6 13 14 16 34
Females 80 - - 1 - 1 1 2 7 16 52
14 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)                      
Total  655 - - - - - 6 37  109  158  345
Males  301 - - - - - 5 20 53 88  135
Females  354 - - - - - 1 17 56 70  210
15 Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung (C32-C34)                      
Total 2 138 - - - - 1 16  126  469  620  906
Males 1 235 - - - - - 4 60  262  370  539
Females  903 - - - - 1 12 66  207  250  367
16 Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)                      
Total  277 - - - - 7 18 33 55 45  119
Males  175 - - - - 4 6 21 36 32 76
Females  102 - - - - 3 12 12 19 13 43
17 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)                      
Total  618 - - - - 4 25 71  125  138  255
Males 3 - - - - - 1 - - 1 1
Females  615 - - - - 4 24 71  125  137  254
18 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53)                      
Total 93 - - - - 4 10 16 17 9 37
Females 93 - - - - 4 10 16 17 9 37
19 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus (C54-C55)                      
Total  147 - - - - - - 8 13 31 95
Females  147 - - - - - - 8 13 31 95
20 Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)                      
Total  309 - - 1 - 4 8 29 72 78  117
Females  309 - - 1 - 4 8 29 72 78  117
21 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)                      
Total 1 096 - - - - - - 6 64  192  834
Males 1 096 - - - - - - 6 64  192  834
22 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64)                      
Total  251 - 2 1 - 1 3 19 35 43  147
Males  156 - 1 1 - - 2 15 24 33 80
Females 95 - 1 - - 1 1 4 11 10 67
23 Maglignant neoplasm of bladder (C67)                      
Total  332 - - - - 1 1 8 30 69  223
Males  241 - - - - 1 1 5 24 47  163
Females 91 - - - - - - 3 6 22 60
24 Malignant neoplasm of lymphoid/haematapoietic tissue (C81-C96)                      
Total  910 - 2 4 5 9 2 36  121  188  543
Males  481 - 1 2 4 6 2 25 74  106  261
Females  429 - 1 2 1 3 - 11 47 82  282
25 Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)                      
Total  114 - - 2 - 3 2 3 5 9 90
Males 43 - - 2 - 1 - - 3 5 32
Females 71 - - - - 2 2 3 2 4 58
26 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)                      
Total 1 005 1 2 4 7 10 19 28 68  115  751
Males  430 - 1 3 4 7 11 21 43 71  269
Females  575 1 1 1 3 3 8 7 25 44  482
27 Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)                      
Total  713 - - 1 4 7 16 19 51 92  523
Males  336 - - - 3 5 9 15 33 57  214
Females  377 - - 1 1 2 7 4 18 35  309
28 Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)                      
Total 1 749 - - - 3 5 12 44 98  105 1 482
Males  585 - - - 1 3 8 37 69 64  403
Females 1 164 - - - 2 2 4 7 29 41 1 079
29 Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic psychosis) (F10)                      
Total  179 - - - - 1 4 32 77 39 26
Males  141 - - - - 1 3 29 56 32 20
Females 38 - - - - - 1 3 21 7 6
30 Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F16,F18-F19)                      
Total 19 - - - 1 4 7 5 2 - -
Males 13 - - - 1 2 4 4 2 - -
Females 6 - - - - 2 3 1 - - -
31 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)                      
Total 1 509 5 7 9 11 6 39 55  123  226 1 028
Males  645 5 3 5 8 5 21 30 78  123  367
Females  864 - 4 4 3 1 18 25 45  103  661
32 Meningitis (G00-G03)                      
Total 13 - - - 1 2 3 1 1 - 5
Males 8 - - - 1 2 3 - 1 - 1
Females 5 - - - - - - 1 - - 4
33 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)                      
Total 14 135 2 2 2 9 18 87  285  791 1 435 11 504
Males 6 601 1 - - 5 12 66  220  602  976 4 719
Females 7 534 1 2 2 4 6 21 65  189  459 6 785
34 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)                      
Total 5 636 - - - - 6 46  143  415  707 4 319
Males 3 004 - - - - 6 38  123  343  513 1 981
Females 2 632 - - - - - 8 20 72  194 2 338
35 Other heart diseases (I30-I33,I39-I52)                      
Total 2 885 2 2 1 5 5 14 38 92  191 2 535
Males 1 233 1 - - 2 2 13 31 66  140  978
Females 1 652 1 2 1 3 3 1 7 26 51 1 557
36 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)                      
Total 3 570 - - - 3 4 17 62  164  298 3 022
Males 1 438 - - - 3 3 10 35  107  172 1 108
Females 2 132 - - - - 1 7 27 57  126 1 914
37 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)                      
Total 4 118 1 1 1 - 1 11 51  219  533 3 300
Males 2 080 1 - - - 1 3 24  118  293 1 640
Females 2 038 - 1 1 - - 8 27  101  240 1 660
38 Influenza (J10-J11)                      
Total 15 - 1 - - - - - 2 2 10
Males 5 - - - - - - - 1 1 3
Females 10 - 1 - - - - - 1 1 7
39 Pneumonia (J12-J18)                      
Total 1 641 1 - 1 - - 5 8 23 74 1 529
Males  748 1 - - - - 1 4 13 45  684
Females  893 - - 1 - - 4 4 10 29  845
40 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)                      
Total 2 103 - - - - 1 6 37  169  398 1 492
Males 1 133 - - - - 1 2 18 85  207  820
Females  970 - - - - - 4 19 84  191  672
41 Asthma (J45-J46)                      
Total  113 - - - - 1 4 6 10 10 82
Males 46 - - - - 1 1 4 5 4 31
Females 67 - - - - - 3 2 5 6 51
42 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)                      
Total 1 286 - - - - 4 19 63  140  194  866
Males  578 - - - - 3 15 39 85  116  320
Females  708 - - - - 1 4 24 55 78  546
43 Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and jejunum (K25-K28)                      
Total  199 - - - - - 2 6 16 27  148
Males 83 - - - - - 2 3 10 14 54
Females  116 - - - - - - 3 6 13 94
44 Chronic liver disease (K70,K73-K74)                      
Total  204 - - - - 2 9 37 57 48 51
Males  128 - - - - 1 7 22 34 29 35
Females 76 - - - - 1 2 15 23 19 16
45 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)                      
Total 80 - - - - - - - 2 3 75
Males 26 - - - - - - - 1 1 24
Females 54 - - - - - - - 1 2 51
46 Diseases of musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)                      
Total  259 - - - - 2 5 11 12 25  204
Males 72 - - - - 1 3 3 7 8 50
Females  187 - - - - 1 2 8 5 17  154
47 Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis (M05-M06,M15-M19)                      
Total 81 - - - - 1 - 4 3 10 63
Males 15 - - - - - - 1 2 4 8
Females 66 - - - - 1 - 3 1 6 55
48 Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99)                      
Total  913 - - - 1 - 1 8 16 52  835
Males  423 - - - - - 1 3 13 26  380
Females  490 - - - 1 - - 5 3 26  455
49 Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29)                      
Total  590 - - - 1 - 1 7 14 33  534
Males  291 - - - - - 1 2 12 16  260
Females  299 - - - 1 - - 5 2 17  274
50 Complicatons of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)                      
Total 3 - - - - 3 - - - - -
Females 3 - - - - 3 - - - - -
51 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)                     -
Total 92 90 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Males 56 55 - - - - - 1 - - -
Females 36 35 1 - - - - - - - -
52 Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)                      
Total  133 48 8 4 8 6 11 9 24 10 5
Males 65 27 2 2 6 4 5 5 10 3 1
Females 68 21 6 2 2 2 6 4 14 7 4
53 Congenital malformation of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)                      
Total 18 4 3 1 1 2 4 - - 3 -
Males 9 3 - - 1 2 2 - - 1 -
Females 9 1 3 1 - - 2 - - 2 -
54 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)                      
Total 45 17 3 1 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
Males 25 10 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1
Females 20 7 1 - - 2 2 1 1 3 3
55 Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)                      
Total 2 065 13 5 2 17 29 43 90  179  235 1 452
Males  992 12 4 1 11 23 34 71  132  159  545
Females 1 073 1 1 1 6 6 9 19 47 76  907
56 Sudden infant death syndrome (R95)                      
Total 15 12 3 - - - - - - - -
Males 13 11 2 - - - - - - - -
Females 2 1 1 - - - - - - - -
57 Unknown and unspecified causes (R96-R99)                      
Total 1 494 1 2 2 17 29 43 89  173  228  910
Males  824 1 2 1 11 23 34 70  127  155  400
Females  670 - - 1 6 6 9 19 46 73  510
Violent deaths, total                      
Total 2 455 2 13 8  208  226  281  255  231  155 1 076
Males 1 507 - 9 6  164  174  218  186  166  103  481
Females  948 2 4 2 44 52 63 69 65 52  595
59 Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)                      
Total 1 919 2 10 7  133  133  169  172  140  123 1 030
Males 1 137 - 7 5  111  112  136  134  102 79  451
Females  782 2 3 2 22 21 33 38 38 44  579
60 Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85)                      
Total  304 - 4 5 79 34 47 35 30 26 44
Males  244 - 3 3 65 28 41 30 22 18 34
Females 60 - 1 2 14 6 6 5 8 8 10
61 Accidental falls (W00-W19)                      
Total  389 - - 2 6 4 4 13 25 29  306
Males  195 - - 2 5 3 2 10 17 20  136
Females  194 - - - 1 1 2 3 8 9  170
62 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49)                      
Total  344 - - - 31 84 91 81 37 13 7
Males  272 - - - 27 71 72 62 28 9 3
Females 72 - - - 4 13 19 19 9 4 4
63 Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0)                      
Total  505 - - 1 69 86  107 79 89 29 45
Males  347 - - 1 48 59 78 49 62 21 29
Females  158 - - - 21 27 29 30 27 8 16
64 Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1)                      
Total 27 - 2 - 6 7 3 4 2 2 1
Males 19 - 1 - 5 3 2 3 2 2 1
Females 8 - 1 - 1 4 1 1 - - -
65 Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2)                      
Total - - - - - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - - - - -
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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