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Data, models and systemsRevisions and new sources new
Electronic death certificates cut garbage codes in Norway's Cause of Death Registry
In Norwegian deaths, 2018-2023, electronic certificates were 21% less likely than paper ones to record a garbage code.
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Health todayMental health refines
Severe mental illness costs Norwegian men 1.5 to 19.9 life-years depending on subgroup
In a Norwegian registry cohort of 2,486,836 adults followed from 2008 to 2023, excess life-years lost from age 30 in men ranged from 1.50 for depression with non-inpatient care and university education to 19.86 for schizophrenia with inpatient care and less than high school education.
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Behavioural scienceAlcohol and drug use confirms
Norway's ban on all alcohol advertising has survived 50 years of legal challenge
A review of Norwegian government documents, parliamentary papers and court rulings traces the alcohol marketing ban in force since 1975, which has adapted to alcohol-free beers and social media.
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Health todayHeart and stroke new
Norwegian stroke rates fell over 20 years, except strokes linked to atrial fibrillation
Across 227,575 strokes in Norway from 2001 to 2021, ischaemic stroke fell from 204.4 to 130.8 per 100,000 person-years in people without atrial fibrillation, but not in those with it.
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