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The case is being updated.
The National Institute of Public Health has now revised the statistics on deaths in the first three months of the pandemic. The figures are preliminary, so the picture may change a bit when more messages arrive about the cause of death.
From March to May, 236 crown-related deaths were recorded in this country. Nine out of ten patients (equivalent to 215 people) also had a chronic disease, and an equal proportion were people older than 70 years. The most affected is the group of patients in the 80s.
Most important factor
Simplified, it can be said that for these 215 deaths, covid-19 is considered the most important factor that led to death, but nothing can be said about how much other causes of death have contributed, says chief physician Marianne Sørlie Strøm in the Cause of Death Registry of the National Institute of Public Health.
Only 4 percent of the deaths occurred outside the health institution. The largest counties, Oslo, Viken and Vestland, had the highest number of deaths.
Half had cardiovascular disease
More than half of those who died from COVID-19 had cardiovascular disease. Slightly more than one in three had chronic lung disease and one in four had dementia. In many of the deaths, more than one chronic illness has also been reported.
In only 26 cases, no chronic disease has been reported alongside it.
– This does not necessarily mean that the deceased did not have other diseases, but in that case the doctor has evaluated that these diseases have not contributed to the death, says Marianne Sørlie Strøm.
There were 32 deaths among people under the age of 70 during the first three months of the pandemic. Many of these patients also had a chronic illness alongside.
