Table 3.
Main causes of premature deaths in the age group 65–74 years in the Nordic countries (diagnoses according to ICD-10 within brackets)*
| Denmark | Finland | Iceland | Norway | Sweden | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | ||||||
| Cause of death | N = 10048 | % | N = 8135 | % | N = 295.4 | % | N = 5615 | % | N = 13136 | % |
| Malignant neoplasms total (C00-D48) in | 4210 | 41.9 | 2845 | 35.0 | 134.4 | 45.5 | 2427 | 42.9 | 5606 | 42.7 |
| Lungs, bronchi, larynx (C32-C34) | 1192 | 11.9 | 640 | 7.9 | 42.6 | 14.4 | 617 | 11.0 | 1161 | 8.8 |
| Colon-rectum (C18-C21) | 521 | 5.2 | 288 | 3.5 | 11.4 | 3.9 | 328 | 5.8 | 698 | 5.3 |
| Prostate (C61) | 305 | 3.0 | 191 | 2.3 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 168 | 3.0 | 458 | 3.5 |
| Breasts (C50) | 303 | 3.0 | 174 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 127 | 2.3 | 302 | 2.3 |
| Cardiovascular diseases (I00-I99) | 2081 | 20.7 | 2975 | 36.6 | 87 | 29.5 | 1436 | 25.6 | 4005 | 30.5 |
| Respiratory system diseases (J00-J99) | 814 | 8.1 | 418 | 5.1 | 21.4 | 7.2 | 538 | 9.6 | 741 | 5.6 |
| Gastrointestinal tract diseases (K00-K93) | 522 | 5.2 | 427 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 172 | 3.1 | 476 | 3.6 |
| Mental disorders incl. addiction (F00-F99) | 287 | 2.9 | 132 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 106 | 1.9 | 240 | 1.8 |
| Accidents, suicides and other external causes (V01-Y98) | 137 | 1.4 | 494 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 192 | 3.4 | 508 | 3.9 |
| Suicides (X60-X84) | 85 | 0.3 | 94 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 47 | 0.8 | 141 | 11.1 |
| Other causes of death | 1997 | 19.9 | 844 | 10.4 | 31.8 | 10.8 | 744 | 13.3 | 1560 | 11.9 |
*
The data refer to 2009 except for Iceland, where the average figures from 2005 to 2009 are calculated.