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Forventet levealder ved fødselen - Menn
 
Forventet levealder ved fødselen - Kvinner
 
Innkomstfordeling (Gini-koefisient)
 
Andel av befolkningen mellem 16 og 64 som ikke er i arbeid
 
Gytebestandens biomasse hos torsk i nordiske farvann
 
Temperaturutvikling
 
Økonomisk vekst (kjøpekraftskorrigert)*
 
Marital status
There are many more unmarried people in the Nordic countries today (2010) than in 1962. The number of people who are divorced has risen from around 3 per cent of the population in 1962 to around 11 per cent today.
Live births
Mothers have become much older. Most babies are now born by mothers in the age group 30-34 years. In the beginning of the sixties most women were between 20 and 24 years of age when they gave birth.
Infant mortality
Not surprisingly infant mortality has decreased substantially since the early sixties. In 1961 infant mortality ranged between 15.8 and 21.7 deaths per 1000 live births in the Nordic countries. In 2010 the rate was reduced to between 2.2 and 3.4 per 1000 live births.
Population forecast
In 1966 the forecast for the growth of the population in the Nordic countries was overestimated for 1980. The forecast said that there would be 23.3 million people in the 5 Nordic countries by 1980. This was not the case since the Nordic countries all together “only” had 22.3 million people in 1980.
Immigration
The immigration to the Nordic countries in 1961 mostly came from the other Nordic countries. Today (2010) most immigrants come from the rest of Europe. The largest increase in the number of immigrants to the Nordic countries is coming from Asia. The share of immigrants from Asia has risen from 1 to 21 per cent
Life expectancy
Life expectancy in the Nordic countries has risen for both men and women since the beginning of the 60s. The average life expectancy for me has rise by 4.3 years from 1961 to 2010. For women the numbers are even higher since life expectancy has risen by 8.9 years on average. The greatest increase for both men and women has been in Finland.
Sales of alcoholic drinks
Sales of alcoholic drinks have risen considerably since the beginning of the 60s to today. In most countries sales have more than doubled or tripled. In Finland and Iceland sales have increased five-fold.
Deaths from cancer
Deaths from cancer are much more common now than in the early sixties. Denmark has the highest number of deaths due to cancer in the Nordic countries. Iceland the lowest.
Suicides
In three of the Nordic countries the total number of suicides for men has declined in Iceland and Norway the rate has gone up. For women only two countries, Denmark and Sweden have had a decline. Denmark has had the largest decline in the number of suicides for both men and women. A little more than a 30 per cent decline for men and almost a decline of 60 per cent for women.
Abortions
The number of abortions has gone up since the early sixties mainly due to the fact that induced abortions have been legal in all the Nordic countries since the mid-seventies. Sweden has the highest abortion rate of the five Nordic countries – close to twice the rate of Finland, where you find the lowest abortion rate.
Health staff
There is still quite a significant difference among the countries with respect to the number of health staff. But the number of health staff has increased in all the Nordic countries since the beginning of the sixties. In most countries the number of physicians per 100 000 people has more than tripled. The increase in the number of dentists is not that significant.
Housing
The number of homes with more than 4 rooms (including kitchen) has risen from 19 per cent of the total number of home in 1960 to 45 per cent today (2010) taking the Nordic Region as a whole. The highest number of large houses is in Norway and the lowest in Finland.
University students
The number of university students in the Nordic countries has risen considerably from 1960 to 2010 – from about 90,000 students in 1960 to almost 1.2 million in 2010. There has been a change in the courses the students choose from Humanities to Social Sciences, Finance and Law. With the exception of teacher training, pedagogy and the arts, all degree courses were dominated by men in 1960. In 2010, only Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering had more male students than female. Altogether females made up 58 per cent of all university students in 2010.