Table 1

Number of injury deaths, injury mortality rates, and age standardised injury mortality rates for the EU population aged 0–14 years, by European country, 1984–93 (unless otherwise stated). Ranked by % decrease in age standardised mortality rate

19841993
CountryNo of deathsMortality rate per 100 000Age standardised mortality rate per 100 000No of deathsMortality rate per 100 000Age standardised mortality rate per 100 000% Change in age standardised mortality rate 1984–93Adjusted R2 (%) (regression coefficient)Associated p value
*Latest available data 1992; †Latest available data 1989.
UK110310.010.25995.35.4−4792 (−0.5)<0.01
Germany123312.913.89707.37.6−4589 (−0.6)<0.01
France156513.814.48998.18.5−4193 (−0.6)<0.01
Portugal55623.124.925513.815.1−3981 (−0.9)<0.01
Austria19513.914.51258.98.9−3978 (−0.7)<0.01
Netherlands2799.710.11746.26.3−3876 (−0.3)<0.01
Ireland12612.012.374*7.98.3−3385 (−0.5)<0.01
Greece26212.413.21568.69.1−3179 (−0.5)<0.01
Denmark899.39.8616.96.8−3128 (−0.2) 0.065
Belgium25113.213.6184†10.210.5−2380 (−0.6) 0.010
Sweden976.46.4815.05.0−2232 (−0.2) 0.048
Italy9358.18.45866.66.7−2084 (−0.2)<0.01
Spain102811.312.2692*9.710.4−1552 (−0.2) 0.017
Finland768.08.0697.17.1−11 8 (0) 0.578