Table 1

Injury death rates among children in Mexico, 1997 (age in years)

		0–19		Under 1		1–4		5–9		10–14		15–19
	E code	Deaths	Rate*	Deaths	Rate*	Deaths	Rate*	Deaths	Rate*	Deaths	Rate*	Deaths	Rate*
*Rate × 100 000.
All external causes	E800–E999	11 783	27.38	1 288	63.37	2 125	23.87	1 464	13.32	1 743	16.17	5 163	49.97

Motor vehicle traffic (MVT)
Unintentional	E810–E819	3 226	7.50	70	3.44	576	6.47	576	5.24	597	5.54	1 407	13.62
person injured	(4 ^th digit codes)
Occupant	.0, .1	147	0.34	13	0.64	34	0.38	38	0.35	33	0.31	29	0.28
Motorcyclist	.2, .3	31	0.07	0	0.00	1	0.01	0	0.00	4	0.04	26	0.25
Pedal cyclist	.6	26	0.06	0	0.00	0	0.00	5	0.05	7	0.06	14	0.14
Pedestrian	.7	1 467	3.41	7	0.34	354	3.98	329	2.99	278	2.58	499	4.83
Unspecified	.9	1 546	3.59	50	2.46	184	2.07	203	1.85	273	2.53	836	8.09
MVT, all	+E958.5, E988.5	3 226	7.50	70	3.44	576	6.47	576	5.24	597	5.54	1 407	13.62
Pedestrian, other	E800–E807 (.2),	29	0.07	0	0.00	7	0.08	2	0.02	6	0.06	14	0.14
	E820–E825 (.7),
	E826–E829 (.0)
Firearm, all		1 369	3.18	4	0.20	38	0.43	61	0.56	165	1.53	1 101	10.66
Unintentional	E922	184	0.43	0	0.00	12	0.13	20	0.18	45	0.42	107	1.04
Suicide	E955(.0–.4)	142	0.33	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.00	13	0.12	129	1.25
Homicide	E965(.0–.4), E970	965	2.24	4	0.20	25	0.28	36	0.33	94	0.87	806	7.80
Intent unknown	E985(.0–.4)	78	0.18	0	0.00	1	0.01	5	0.05	13	0.12	59	0.57
Drowning, all		1 496	3.48	47	2.31	487	5.47	211	1.92	287	2.66	464	4.49
Unintentional	E830, E832, E910	1 324	3.08	44	2.16	446	5.01	196	1.78	260	2.41	378	3.66
Suicide	E954	6	0.01	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.00	0	0.00	6	0.06
Homicide	E964	78	0.18	2	0.10	23	0.26	6	0.05	12	0.11	35	0.34
Intent unknown	E984	88	0.20	1	0.05	18	0.20	9	0.08	15	0.14	45	0.44
Fire/flame,
Unintentional	E890–E899	228	0.53	25	1.23	95	1.07	46	0.42	20	0.19	42	0.41
All	+E958.1, E968.0, E988.1	228	0.50	25	1.23	95	1.07	46	0.42	20	0.18	42	0.41
Suffocation, all		1 562	3.63	674	33.16	164	1.84	63	0.57	167	1.55	494	4.78
Unintentional
Inhalation/ingestion	E911–E912	767	1.78	552	27.16	128	1.44	29	0.26	25	0.23	33	0.32
Other	E913	189	0.44	82	4.03	25	0.28	19	0.17	22	0.20	41	0.40
Suicide	E953	363	0.84	NA	NA	NA	NA	4	0.04	77	0.71	282	2.73
Homicide	E963	182	0.42	29	1.43	10	0.11	8	0.07	32	0.30	103	1.00
Intent unknown	E983	61	0.14	11	0.54	1	0.01	3	0.03	11	0.10	35	0.34
Falls,
Unintentional	E880–E886, E888	302	0.07	34	1.67	93	1.04	45	0.41	49	0.45	81	0.78
All	+E957, E968.1, E987	319	0.74	34	1.67	97	1.09	46	0.42	51	0.47	91	0.88
Cutting/piercing,
Homicide	E966, E974	354	0.82	6	0.30	24	0.27	13	0.12	32	0.30	279	2.70
All	+E920, E956, E986	391	0.91	7	0.34	26	0.29	18	0.16	33	0.31	307	2.97
Poisoning, all		448	1.04	52	2.56	84	0.94	36	0.33	52	0.48	224	2.17
Unintentional	E850–E869	286	0.66	45	2.21	81	0.91	27	0.25	27	0.25	106	1.03
Suicide	E950–E952	90	0.21	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.00	15	0.14	75	0.73
Homicide	E962, E972	29	0.07	5	0.25	2	0.02	6	0.05	4	0.04	12	0.12
Intent unknown	E980–E982	43	0.10	2	0.10	1	0.01	3	0.03	6	0.06	31	0.30
All
Unintentional	E800–E949	8 673	20.15	1 108	54.51	1 934	21.72	1 310	11.92	1 348	12.50	2 973	28.77
Suicide	E950–E959	619	1.44	NA	NA	NA	NA	5	0.05	106	0.98	508	4.92
Homicide	E960–E978	1 963	4.56	109	5.36	126	1.42	104	0.95	210	1.95	1 414	13.68
Intent unknown/other	E980–E999	528	1.23	71	3.49	65	0.73	45	0.41	79	0.73	268	2.59
Population		43 040 931		2 032 617		8 903 052		10 989 694		10 782 430		10 333 138