Statistics Norway

Causes of death

14 Deaths among children 1-17 years, by sex and underlying cause of death.2009
ICD-10 Cause of death Boys Girls
Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years
Total (A00-Y89) 86 19 18 15 34 66 17 14 15 20
                     
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)                    
Infectious an parasitic diseases(A00-B99) 2 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - -
Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97) 10 3 4 3 - 9 3 3 1 2
Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F19) - - - - - - - - - -
Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) - - - - - - - - - -
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Influenza (J09-J11) 3 2 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 2
Pneumonia (J12-J18) 2 2 - - - 2 2 - - -
Asthma (J45-J46) 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-44,J47) - - - - - - - - - -
Certain conditions orginating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 2 1 1 - - - - - - -
Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 5 1 2 - 2 4 3 - 1 -
Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) - - - - - - - - - -
Deaths from other diseases (Rest A00-R99) 19 2 6 4 7 23 7 6 6 4
                     
Violent deaths, total (V01-Y89)                    
Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) 20 1 3 1 15 6 1 - 2 3
Accidental falls (W00-W19) 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1 -
X00-X09 Exposure to smoke, fire and flames(X00-X09) 3 1 2 - - - - - - -
Accidental poisoning (X40-X49) - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0) 10 - - 1 9 8 - - 3 5
Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1) - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Other violent deaths (Rest V01-Y89) 8 4 - 3 1 5 - 4 1 -

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