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Table 1 Classification of urbanicity

From: The relationship between area levels of involuntary psychiatric care and patient outcomes: a longitudinal national register study from Norway

Urbanicity level

Definition

1

Norway’s capital and four largest regional centers, as defined by Statistics Norway

2

Remaining local authorities with 20,000 + inhabitants, where 80% or more live in densely populated areasa

3

County centers in one of the 19 counties not classified as 1 or 2, plus urban local authority areas that are a continuation of a densely populated area with urbanicity level 1 or 2 (typically suburbs)

4

Remaining local authorities with 5,000 + inhabitants, of which 60–79% live in densely populated areas

5

Remaining local authority areas

  1. aStatistics Norway defines a densely populated area as a collection of houses where at least 200 persons are living and the distance between houses does not exceed 50 m