Statistics Norway

Causes of death

8 Suicide and suicide rate per 100 000 population, by sex and age. 1951-2009
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 2007 2008 2009 1951- 1955 1961-1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
All ages Number1
   185  212  271  345  424  477  437  403  373  411  362  374  359  360  391  336  347  416 56 62 94  128  153  174  155  142  148  138  132  128  170  173  141  149  157  157
10 - 14 - 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 2 0 2 6 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 - 3 3 1 0 - - 3
15 - 19 2 4 10 20 25 28 28 22 20 21 18 22 22 18 23 12 17 24 1 1 3 4 6 8 7 10 8 8 8 8 10 6 6 5 12 11
20 - 29 19 19 43 65 84 99 91 86 71 78 68 66 71 73 78 69 64 55 4 5 17 24 20 21 18 19 22 22 19 20 23 28 17 20 23 22
30 - 39 33 35 34 52 74 83 77 71 73 82 74 78 54 75 65 46 67 78 7 8 11 17 27 31 25 25 25 15 23 21 24 40 24 27 28 29
40 - 49 40 48 53 50 61 84 81 71 67 66 57 65 78 67 66 76 65 70 12 12 16 21 25 34 31 29 33 40 28 24 44 29 37 31 32 27
50 - 59 44 49 60 70 76 62 50 56 60 66 57 65 51 59 65 56 50 82 14 19 21 31 31 26 21 23 27 24 21 26 28 35 30 29 29 32
60 - 69 31 34 41 50 59 61 50 41 34 41 31 33 37 27 42 30 41 55 12 10 18 21 27 29 24 16 17 18 17 11 22 15 18 16 13 20
70 - 16 22 28 37 41 55 55 50 47 57 55 39 46 37 51 45 42 51 6 7 8 10 17 25 27 18 15 11 16 15 16 19 9 21 20 13
                                                                         
10 years and over2 14.1 14.5 17.2 20.9 24.9 26.6 23.4 21.1 19.0 21.1 18.4 19.1 18.3 18.0 19.4 16.5 16.7 19.5 4.0 4.1 5.7 7.7 8.9 9.6 8.1 7.4 7.5 7.3 6.7 6.5 8.5 8.5 7.1 7.7 7.5 7.6
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 1.2 0.6 0.6 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 - - 2.0
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 7.5 10.4 14.6 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 3.3 7.8 7.1
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 23.7 21.4 17.9 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 10.6 7.9 7.4
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 13.2 19.2 22.5 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 8.0 8.4 8.7
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 22.2 18.6 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 9.5 9.7 8.0
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 18.3 16.2 26.4 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 9.8 9.7 10.7
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 13.3 17.3 22.3 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 7.0 5.4 8.1
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 22.0 20.4 24.4 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 7.0 6.7 4.3
1  Annual average for the five-year period.
2  Age standardized with WHOs European standard population.

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