Table 3

Injury mortality trends among late adolescents (15–19 years) in Taiwan from 1965–69 to 1990–94 per 100 000

		Time period
Cause of death	Sex	1965–69	1970–74	1975–79	1980–84	1985–89	1990–94	Total % change	β Value	p Value
Total	M	115.86	115.13	135.65	127.19	143.57	133.26	15.02	0.9363	0.0711
	F	78.70	66.30	60.52	51.94	50.75	49.36	−37.28	−1.1562	0.0045
Natural	M	49.04	42.73	38.16	31.00	26.68	24.10	−50.85	−1.0286	0.0001
	F	42.39	36.52	30.34	22.41	20.40	18.48	−56.40	−1.0048	0.0009
Total injury	M	66.83	72.40	97.49	96.20	116.89	109.16	63.35	1.9647	0.0081
	F	36.31	29.78	30.17	29.53	30.35	30.88	−14.96	−0.1490	0.2642
Unintentional injury	M	47.67	59.87	88.62	84.96	107.02	102.12	114.21	2.3431	0.0063
	F	14.50	16.29	20.96	21.91	25.31	28.05	93.50	0.5472	0.0001
MVI	M	11.52	21.11	45.94	50.72	71.32	70.51	512.33	2.5735	0.0012
	F	3.14	4.71	9.70	11.74	16.32	20.12	541.30	0.6958	0.0001
Poisoning	M	3.11	2.93	2.75	2.43	3.04	2.46	−20.91	−0.0185	0.2135
	F	2.80	3.23	3.50	2.54	2.24	1.99	−28.89	−0.0456	0.0940
Falls	M	1.20	2.41	2.33	2.57	2.46	2.69	124.19	0.0448	0.0716
	F	0.68	0.59	0.73	0.89	0.94	0.97	43.41	0.0152	0.0099
Fires	M	1.80	0.95	0.70	1.19	1.40	1.47	−18.26	0.0011	0.9612
	F	0.88	0.30	0.46	0.77	1.14	1.06	21.12	0.0213	0.2069
Drowning	M	17.65	18.32	19.55	15.67	17.09	12.87	−27.10	−0.1798	0.1075
	F	4.01	3.89	3.29	2.89	2.43	1.86	−53.73	−0.0887	0.0001
Intentional injury	M	19.16	12.53	8.87	11.24	9.86	7.04	−63.22	−0.3785	0.0373
	F	21.82	13.49	9.21	7.62	5.04	2.83	−87.03	−0.6965	0.0034
Suicide	M	16.62	9.91	5.94	6.73	5.84	3.83	−76.97	−0.4307	0.0221
	F	20.91	12.86	8.86	7.32	4.21	1.72	−91.75	−0.7054	0.0021
Homicide	M	2.54	2.56	2.69	4.15	3.81	2.33	−8.02	0.0238	0.5764
	F	0.90	0.59	0.29	0.25	0.81	0.77	−14.44	−0.0002	0.9913