Child mortality and differences in Norway

The project is concerned with social and medical factors that affect child mortality in Norway.

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In Norway, child mortality is very low by global standards and has also declined significantly over the past 30 years. However, 200–250 children and young people under the age of 18 still die each year.

We study how this has changed between 1990 and 2024 using data from the Cause of Death Registry and Statistics Norway.

Child mortality is higher when parents have low levels of education and income. We examine geographical differences in mortality before the age of 18, and how various factors from pregnancy and birth may explain this variation.

Publications

Participants

  • Picture of Ketil Størdal
    Ketil Størdal University of Oslo
  • Aurora Christensen UiO
  • Lars Christian Stene FHI
  • Marianne Sørlie Strøm FHI

Involved research groups

Collaborators

We closely cooperate with the following institutions in Norway:

  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Senior researcher Lars Christian Stene

  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health/Norwegian Cause of Death Registry, Senior researcher Marianne Sørlie Strøm

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