Table 1 Deaths, by underlying cause of death. The whole country. 1991-2011

1 Deaths, by underlying cause of death. The whole country. 1991-2011¹
Cause of death	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011


Deaths, total
Total	44 822	44 736	46 623	44 076	45 182	43 919	44 646	44 270	45 114	44 018	43 977	44 401	42 550	41 257	41 152	41 242	41 963	41 716	41 342	41 442	41 304
Males	23 086	23 076	23 781	22 358	23 024	22 127	22 282	22 149	22 416	21 676	21 634	21 617	20 595	20 025	20 065	19 621	20 218	20 316	19 864	19 976	20 029
Females	21 736	21 660	22 842	21 718	22 158	21 792	22 364	22 121	22 698	22 342	22 343	22 784	21 955	21 232	21 087	21 621	21 745	21 400	21 478	21 466	21 275
Cardiovascular diseases (I00-I99)
Total	20 818	20 699	20 864	19 521	19 867	19 498	19 521	19 305	19 240	18 191	17 868	17 642	16 623	15 862	14 537	14 654	14 610	14 135	13 489	13 128	12 964
Males	10 623	10 562	10 488	9 767	10 016	9 651	9 524	9 447	9 227	8 659	8 539	8 321	7 668	7 293	6 886	6 595	6 742	6 601	6 203	6 105	6 007
Females	10 195	10 137	10 376	9 754	9 851	9 847	9 997	9 858	10 013	9 532	9 329	9 321	8 955	8 569	7 651	8 059	7 868	7 534	7 286	7 023	6 957
Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97)
Total	9 785	9 789	10 222	10 334	10 371	10 643	10 649	10 340	10 413	10 447	10 563	10 633	10 509	10 489	10 564	10 440	10 695	10 632	10 544	10 926	10 838
Males	5 353	5 371	5 533	5 524	5 579	5 637	5 702	5 614	5 672	5 532	5 588	5 660	5 579	5 589	5 596	5 472	5 684	5 675	5 643	5 816	5 817
Females	4 432	4 418	4 689	4 810	4 792	5 006	4 947	4 726	4 741	4 915	4 975	4 973	4 930	4 900	4 968	4 968	5 011	4 957	4 901	5 110	5 021
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Total	4 344	4 576	5 425	4 432	4 930	3 933	4 010	3 929	4 374	4 384	4 332	4 669	3 941	3 494	4 082	3 962	4 242	4 118	4 122	3 882	4 026
Males	2 044	2 144	2 523	2 098	2 360	1 886	1 905	1 820	2 087	2 052	2 089	2 153	1 905	1 711	2 027	1 938	2 064	2 080	1 985	1 880	1 961
Females	2 300	2 432	2 902	2 334	2 570	2 047	2 105	2 109	2 287	2 332	2 243	2 516	2 036	1 783	2 055	2 024	2 178	2 038	2 137	2 002	2 065
Other diseases
Total	7 330	7 230	7 677	7 544	7 740	7 586	8 131	8 372	8 606	8 628	8 925	9 170	9 015	8 857	9 559	9 785	10 030	10 376	10 591	10 979	10 869
Males	3 471	3 467	3 722	3 601	3 655	3 612	3 734	3 854	3 956	4 007	4 068	4 076	3 923	3 879	4 126	4 168	4 340	4 453	4 482	4 701	4 719
Females	3 859	3 763	3 955	3 943	4 085	3 974	4 397	4 518	4 650	4 621	4 857	5 094	5 092	4 978	5 433	5 617	5 690	5 923	6 109	6 278	6 150
Accidents
Total	1 780	1 742	1 786	1 656	1 663	1 674	1 729	1 717	1 843	1 752	1 699	1 742	1 898	1 980	1 835	1 824	1 867	1 919	1 989	1 941	1 890
Males	1 033	1 026	1 034	953	963	914	979	974	1 008	976	913	1 012	1 113	1 165	1 048	1 037	1 034	1 137	1 114	1 068	1 026
Females	747	716	752	703	700	760	750	743	835	776	786	730	785	815	787	787	833	782	875	873	864
Suicides
Total	675	616	590	531	548	517	533	548	583	541	549	494	502	529	533	532	485	505	573	548	598
Males	499	449	449	379	411	389	387	399	430	409	411	362	374	359	360	391	336	347	416	384	434
Females	176	167	141	152	137	128	146	149	153	132	138	132	128	170	173	141	149	158	157	164	164
Homicides
Total	66	47	42	34	45	47	41	43	38	53	33	39	48	39	29	45	33	27	31	33	114
Males	46	34	23	18	28	25	28	29	24	29	20	26	25	25	17	20	17	19	18	17	62
Females	20	13	19	16	17	22	13	14	14	24	13	13	23	14	12	25	16	8	13	16	52
Other violent deaths
Total	24	37	17	24	18	21	32	16	17	22	8	12	14	7	13	-	1	4	3	5	5
Males	17	23	9	18	12	13	23	12	12	12	6	7	8	4	5	-	1	4	3	5	3
Females	7	14	8	6	6	8	9	4	5	10	2	5	6	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	2

¹	The number of homicides in 2011 includes the deaths in the terrorist actions in Oslo and at Utøya 22 July 2011.].
Source: Cause of Death registry, Statistics Norway. .

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