Table 1

A comparison of urban and rural standardised mortality ratios for the leading causes of unintentional injury for all age groups (1980–2000)

Cause	No of observed cases		SMR-rural	95% CI	p Value
Cause	Urban	Rural	SMR-rural	95% CI	p Value
NS, not significant.
All-cause	6039	12 146	103.0	101 to 105	<0.001
MVT injury	2453	5174	107.4	105 to 110	<0.001
Fall	1206	2094	94.5	91 to 99	<0.05
Poisoning	437	348	70.2	63 to 78	<0.001
Drowning	350	1032	117.4	110 to 125	<0.001
Fire/burn	403	860	101.7	95 to 109	NS
Machinery	38	279	137.3	122 to 154	<0.001
Struck by	72	151	105.4	89 to 124	NS
Firearm	10	86	142.4	114 to 176	<0.05
Pedal cyclist	27	65	108.2	84 to 138	NS
Pedestrian	28	41	91.2	65 to 124	NS