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Table 4 Garbage codes in Norway 1996–2019, according to place of death

From: Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996–2019

Place of death

All deaths

All garbage codes

Major garbage codes

Minor garbage codes

N

Median age at death (years)

N

Unadjusted (%)

Age adjusted (%) (95% CI)

N

Unadjusted (%)

Age adjusted (%) (95% CI)

N

Unadjusted (%)

Adjusted (%) (95% CI)

Hospital

366,855

78

74,666

20.4

23.7 (23.5–23.9)

33,531

9.1

11.0 (10.9–11.2)

41,135

11.2

12.7 (12.6–12.9)

Nursing home

434,271

86

157,632

36.3

31.6 (31.4–31.8)

68,638

15.8

13.6 (13.4–13.7)

88,994

20.5

18.0 (17.9–18.2)

At home

149,203

75

44,238

29.6

34.3 (34.0–34.7)

28,545

19.1

22.0 (21.7–22.3)

15,693

10.5

12.3 (12.1–12.6)

Other known

34,620

61

9037

26.1

34.3 (33.2–35.5)

6796

19.6

24.0 (23.0–24.9)

2241

6.5

10.3 (9.7–11.0)

Not known

15,179

73

4896

32.3

36.3 (35.2–37.5)

3294

21.7

23.1 (22.2–24.1)

1602

10.6

13.2 (12.5–13.9)

Total

1,000,128

81

290,469

29.0

30.0 (29.9–30.2)

140,804

14.1

14.7 (14.6–14.8)

149,665

15.0

15.4 (15.3–15.4)

  1. Data source: NCoDR