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Table 2 Injury deaths and mortality rates per 100,000, by age-group.

From: Pattern of injury mortality by age-group in children aged 0–14 years in Scotland, 2002–2006, and its implications for prevention

Age (years)

Injury cause (ICD-10 code)

Proportion of injury deaths in age-group attributed to cause (n, MR) Proportion of cause in age-group

0–14

Pedestrian road traffic injuries (V01–09)

19% (36, 0.83) 100%

 

Non-pedestrian road traffic injuries (V10–29, V40–49, V70–79)

15% (28, 0.64) 100%

 

Assault/homicide (including undetermined intent in <1 & 1–4 age-groups) X85-Y09 (Y10–34)

14% (26, 0.60) 100%

 

Suffocation (including choking/asphyxiation) (W75–84)

12% (22, 0.50) 100%

 

Fire (X00–09)

11% (21, 0.48) 100%

 

Falls (W00–19)

7% (13, 0.30) 100%

 

Drowning (W65–74)

6% (12, 0.28) 100%

 

*Suicide (incl. undetermined intent in age 10–14) X60–84 (Y10–34)

6% (12, 0.28) 100%

 

**Other unintentional injuries

5% (9, 0.21) 100%

 

Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20–49)

2% (4, 0.10) 100%

 

Poisoning (X40–49)

2% (3, 0.07) 100%

 

All causes

100% (186, 4.27) 100%

 

Unintentional

80% (148, 3.39) 100%

 

Intentional (X60–84, X85-Y09, Y10–34)

20% (38, 0.87) 100%

1–14

Pedestrian road traffic injuries

22% (36,0.88) 100%

 

Non-pedestrian road traffic injuries

17% (28, 0.68) 100%

 

Fire

12% (20, 0.49) 95%

 

Suffocation (including choking/asphyxiation)

11% (18, 0.44) 82%

 

Assault/homicide (incl. undetermined intent in 1–4 age-group)

10% (17, 0.41) 65%

 

Suicide (incl. undetermined intent in age 10–14)

7% (12, 0.29) 100%

 

Falls

7% (11, 0.27) 85%

 

Drowning

6% (10, 0.24) 83%

 

Other unintentional injuries

5% (8, 0.2) 89%

 

Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces

2% (4, 0.1) 100%

 

Poisoning

2% (3, 0.07) 100%

 

All causes

100% (167, 4.08) 90%

 

Unintentional

83% (138, 3.37) 93%

 

Intentional

17% (29, 0.71) 76%

<1

Assault/homicide (incl. undetermined intent***)

47% (9, 3.38) 35%

 

Suffocation (including choking/asphyxiation)

21% (4, 1.50) 18%

 

Drowning

11% (2, 0.75) 17%

 

Falls

11% (2, 0.75) 15%

 

Fire

5% (1, 0.38) 5%

 

Other unintentional injuries

5% (1, 0.38) 11%

 

All causes

100% (19, 7.14) 10%

 

Unintentional

53% (10, 3.76) 7%

 

Intentional

47% (9, 3.38) 24%

1–4

Fire

28% (13, 1.22) 62%

 

Assault/homicide (including undetermined intent****)

19% (9, 0.85) 35%

 

Suffocation (including choking/asphyxiation)

19% (9, 0.85) 41%

 

Pedestrian road traffic injuries

11% (5, 0.47) 14%

 

Non-pedestrian road traffic injuries

9% (4, 0.38) 14%

 

Drowning

4% (2, 0.19) 17%

 

Falls

4% (2, 0.19) 15%

 

Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces

2% (1, 0.09) 25%

 

Other unintentional injuries

2% (1, 0.09) 11%

 

Poisoning

2% (1, 0.09) 33%

 

All causes

100% (47, 4.42) 25%

 

Unintentional

81% (38, 3.57) 26%

 

Intentional

19% (9, 0.85) 24%

5–9

Pedestrian road traffic injuries

30% (14, 0.97) 39%

 

Non-pedestrian road traffic injuries

20% (9, 0.62) 32%

 

Assault/homicide ***** (X85-Y09)

11% (5, 0.35) 23%

 

Fire

11% (5, 0.35) 24%

 

Drowning

7% (3, 0.21) 25%

 

Falls

7% (3, 0.21) 23%

 

Other unintentional injuries

7% (3, 0.21) 33%

 

Suffocation (including choking/asphyxiation)

4% (2, 0.14) 9%

 

Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces

2% (1, 0.07) 25%

 

Poisoning

2% (1, 0.07) 33%

 

All causes

100% (46, 3.18) 25%

 

Unintentional

89% (41, 2.83) 28%

 

Intentional

11% (5, 0.35) 13%

10–14

Pedestrian road traffic injuries

23% (17, 1.07) 47%

 

Non-pedestrian road traffic injuries

20% (15, 0.95) 54%

 

Suicide (including undetermined intent)

16% (12, 0.76) 100%

 

Suffocation (including choking/asphyxiation)

9% (7, 0.44) 32%

 

Falls

8% (6, 0.38) 46%

 

Drowning

7% (5, 0.32) 42%

 

Other unintentional injuries

5% (4, 0.26) 44%

 

Assault/homicide (X85-Y09)

4% (3, 0.19) 14%

 

Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces

3% (2, 0.13) 50%

 

Fire

3% (2, 0.13) 10%

 

Poisoning

1% (1, 0.06) 33%

 

All causes

100% (74, 4.67) 40%

 

Unintentional

80% (59, 3.72) 40%

 

Intentional

20% (15, 0.95) 39%

  1. Children aged 0–14 years, Scotland, 2002–2006.
  2. Ordered by descending mortality rate. Includes proportions of all injuries attributable to cause by age-group and proportions of cause occurring in age-group.
  3. * The 10–14 age-group was the only one with suicide (includes injuries of undetermined intent: n = 3, MR 0.19, 4% of injury deaths in 10–14 year-olds.) ** Other unintentional injuries comprises: Other land transport accidents, Water transport accidents, Exposure to animate mechanical forces, Exposure to electric current, radiation and extreme ambient air temperature and pressure, Exposure to forces of nature, Complications of medical and surgical care, Sequelae of external causes of morbidity and mortality. ICD-10 codes: V80–89, V90–94, W50–64, W85–99, X30–39, Y40–84, Y85–89 respectively (n = 2,1,1,1,2,1,1 (age 0–14)). *** n = 1, MR 0.38, 5% of injury deaths in infants. **** n = 3, MR 0.28, 6% of injury deaths in 1–4 year-olds. ***** There were no injuries of undetermined intent in the 5–9 age-group.
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