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Table 5 Characteristics of deaths with or without death certificates (known or unknown cause of death). N Number of deaths, IQR Inter quartile range, SD Standard deviation

From: Excess non-COVID-19 mortality in Norway 2020–2022

 

2010–2019

2020–2022

Known

Unknown

Known

Unknown

N (%)

402321

(98.2)

7218

(1.8)

125673

(98.0)

2545

(2.0)

Females, N (%)

208578

(51.8)

2706

(37.5)

63879

(50.8)

961

(37.8)

Mean age (SD)

79,2

(15.1)

69.9

(18.0)

79.9

(14.5)

72.9

(17.0)

Median age (IQR)

83.0

(17.6)

72.1

(23.9)

82.7

(16.7)

75.2

(20.6)

Deaths abroad, N (%)

1292

(0.3)

3901

(54.0)

101

(0.1)

248

(9.7)

Deaths at home, N (%)

56673

(14.1)

301

(4.2)

18833

(15.0)

0

(0.0)

Hospital deaths, N (%)

128928

(32.0)

679

(9.4)

34947

(27.8)

117

(4.6)