Statistics Norway

Historical statistics
4.14 Deaths by suicide, by age and sex
Sex. Year All ages Age. Years
-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-
  Number of deaths per year
Males                  
1931-1935  149 - 1 24 34 25 25 26 14
1941-1945  139 - 3 23 30 28 25 18 12
1951-1955  185 - 2 19 33 40 44 31 16
1956-1960  202 1 2 17 33 45 54 33 17
1961-1965  212 1 4 19 35 48 49 34 22
1966-1970  224 1 7 24 31 48 54 36 23
1971-1975  271 2 10 43 34 53 60 41 28
1976-1980  345 1 20 65 52 50 70 50 37
1981-1985  424 4 25 84 74 61 76 59 41
1986-1990  476 4 29 99 83 84 62 61 54
1991-1995  437 5 28 91 77 81 50 50 55
1996-2000  401 4 22 86 71 71 56 41 50
2001-2004  378 2 21 71 72 67 60 36 49
                   
Females                  
1931-1935 38 - 1 5 9 8 8 3 4
1941-1945 42 - 1 6 9 8 9 5 4
1951-1955 56 - 1 4 7 12 14 12 6
1956-1960 53 - 0 3 6 13 16 9 6
1961-1965 62 - 1 5 8 12 19 10 7
1966-1970 75 - 2 6 8 19 20 12 8
1971-1975 94 - 3 17 11 16 21 18 8
1976-1980  128 - 4 24 17 21 31 21 10
1981-1985  154 - 6 20 27 25 31 28 17
1986-1990  174 1 8 21 31 34 26 29 24
1991-1995  155 2 7 18 25 31 21 24 27
1996-2000  141 1 10 19 25 29 23 16 18
2001-2004  144 2 9 21 21 34 25 17 15
                   
  Deaths per 100 000 population
Males                  
1931-1935 10.8 - 0.9 9.8 16.8 16.7 21.3 31.0 20.3
1941-1945 9.4 - 2.3 8.3 12.8 14.2 17.9 17.6 14.8
1951-1955 11.1 - 2.1 7.9 12.5 17.3 23.7 25.0 18.1
1956-1960 11.5 0.0 2.0 8.0 12.9 18.5 26.6 23.0 15.9
1961-1965 11.6 0.1 2.9 8.5 15.2 18.9 22.6 20.9 19.2
1966-1970 11.6 0.2 4.5 8.4 15.0 19.0 23.2 20.6 17.4
1971-1975 13.8 0.4 6.4 13.8 15.7 23.8 25.0 22.0 19.4
1976-1980 17.1 0.2 12.6 20.6 19.1 24.6 30.0 25.3 23.6
1981-1985 20.8 0.9 14.8 26.4 23.6 28.6 36.2 28.7 23.8
1986-1990 22.9 1.0 17.3 29.7 26.0 31.2 32.3 30.5 29.2
1991-1995 20.5 1.2 19.2 26.6 23.7 26.1 24.6 27.6 27.8
1996-2000 18.3 0.9 16.2 26.9 20.8 22.5 21.7 24.2 24.6
2001-2004 16.8 0.4 14.9 24.2 20.3 20.7 20.2 20.2 24.1
                   
Females                  
1931-1935 2.6 - 0.6 2.0 4.3 5.0 6.2 3.2 3.9
1941-1945 2.8 - 0.6 2.1 4.0 3.9 5.7 4.6 4.1
1951-1955 3.3 - 0.6 1.8 2.7 5.2 7.3 8.2 4.5
1956-1960 3.0 - 0.4 1.5 2.6 5.2 7.6 5.3 4.6
1961-1965 3.4 - 0.7 2.2 3.6 4.9 8.3 5.8 4.5
1966-1970 3.4 - 1.5 2.2 4.0 7.8 8.0 6.0 4.9
1971-1975 4.7 - 2.0 5.8 5.3 7.3 8.5 8.6 4.0
1976-1980 6.3 - 2.7 8.0 6.6 10.6 13.0 9.5 4.4
1981-1985 7.4 - 3.8 6.6 9.2 12.0 14.6 12.2 6.6
1986-1990 8.2 0.3 5.0 6.6 10.3 13.3 13.4 13.1 8.5
1991-1995 7.1 0.5 5.0 5.5 8.1 10.5 10.4 12.1 8.9
1996-2000 6.3 0.2 7.7 6.1 7.7 9.6 9.2 8.8 5.8
2001-2004 6.3 0.5 6.7 7.3 6.2 10.9 8.7 9.0 4.9
Source: NOS Causes of Death.

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