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Table 2 Distribution of Norwegian men and women aged 75-89 from 1971-2007

From: Trends in total and cause-specific mortality by marital status among elderly Norwegian men and women

 

Men

Women

Time period

1971-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2007

1971-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2007

Number of person-years

804 394

1 062 962

1 247 666

1 084 196

1 185 901

1 696 600

2 010 678

1 672 275

Number of deaths

77 617

99 654

111 268

85 393

86 037

109 305

121 254

92 983

Crude death rate

0.10

0.09

0.09

0.08

0.07

0.06

0.06

0.06

Cause of death (%)

        

Cancers

18.12

20.60

22.89

25.83

14.21

16.63

17.77

20.22

Circulatory diseases

55.08

52.29

49.12

41.54

58.11

55.36

51.32

43.88

Respiratory diseases

11.50

11.30

11.49

11.69

11.54

10.40

10.61

10.16

Other diseases

12.62

12.65

13.24

17.26

12.51

13.68

16.92

22.27

External causes

2.63

3.05

2.95

3.08

3.58

3.83

3.20

3.15

Missing cause of death

0.05

0.11

0.31

0.60

0.05

0.10

0.18

0.32

Mean age in years (SD)

79.7 (3.8)

79.9 (3.9)

80.0 (3.9)

80.3 (3.9)

80.0 (3.9)

80.4 (4.0)

80.6 (4.0)

81.1 (4.1)

Marital status (%)

        

Never married

12.2

11.5

9.7

8.3

20.3

16.5

10.7

7.0

Married

58.7

62.4

65.3

66.6

23.9

24.4

27.2

29.7

Widowed

27.4

24.0

21.8

20.2

53.1

56.1

58.3

58.2

Divorced

1.7

2.1

3.2

4.9

2.8

3.0

3.8

5.1

Education (%)

        

Compulsory

70.5

63.5

54.4

44.6

76.3

70.1

64.9

56.7

Secondary

22.9

28.6

35.5

40.6

20.0

25.5

30.0

36.0

Higher

4.1

4.5

6.0

9.5

3.5

4.1

4.7

6.8

Postgraduate

2.5

3.4

4.1

5.3

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

Region (%)

        

East

50.5

50.3

49.9

50.6

52.2

52.2

51.2

51.0

South

5.9

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.4

5.6

5.7

West

24.1

24.7

25.2

24.8

24.2

24.3

24.6

24.5

Central

9.3

9.3

9.2

9.1

8.7

8.7

8.8

8.8

North

10.2

10.2

10.1

9.9

9.2

9.4

9.8

10.0

Centrality (%)

        

Least central

16.8

16.0

14.6

13.1

13.6

13.2

13.0

12.5

Less central

7.7

7.6

7.5

7.2

6.8

6.7

6.9

6.9

Quite central

19.3

19.3

19.4

19.3

18.1

18.1

18.5

18.8

Central

56.2

57.1

58.5

60.4

61.5

62.0

61.6

61.8