Table 2

 Percent potential reduction of intentional injury mortality in children aged 0–14 years per 100 000 population by cause*, excluding and including injuries of undetermined intent, and annual number of lives saved in the EU countries based on the average of the last three available years (circa 2000)

CountryMortality rate by causeWithout injuries of undetermined intentWith injuries of undetermined intent
SuicideHomicideIUIDeaths/yearAverage yearly age adjusted MRLowest total rateDeaths/yearAverage yearly age adjusted MRLowest total rate
Potential reduction (%)†Lives savedPotential reduction (%)†Lives saved
*Deaths due legal intervention or war operations are excluded.
†Bold numbers indicate a statistically significant difference between the average yearly age adjusted MR of the respective country and the average yearly age adjusted MR of Greece.
Rankings are by average yearly age adjusted MR without injuries of undetermined intent.
EU, European Union; IUI, injury of undetermined intent; MR, mortality rate.
Greece0.10.10.040.20.0040.20.00
Spain0.10.20.0160.315.93170.319.63
Italy0.10.20.1250.326.27310.439.912
Portugal0.20.22.350.332.42422.6 91.5 39
UK0.10.40.4460.449.222870.8 73.6 64
Sweden0.20.30.280.554.84100.665.67
Slovakia0.30.30.770.664.95141.4 83.6 12
Ireland0.20.40.250.665.4370.873.65
Slovenia0.40.30.120.665.5230.769.72
Netherlands0.30.40.0190.6 65.8 12200.7 68.2 14
France0.30.50.5810.7 69.5 561381.3 82.4 113
Denmark0.20.60.070.871.5570.871.55
Germany0.30.60.31070.9 74.1 791411.1 80.4 114
Poland0.50.40.5680.9 75.7 511051.4 84.7 89
Czech Republic0.40.50.5150.9 75.7 12241.4 84.7 20
Austria0.30.80.0141.1 80.1 11141.1 80.5 12
Belgium0.40.70.2211.2 81.0 17251.4 84.1 21
Finland0.30.90.0111.2 81.4 9111.2 81.4 9
Hungary0.41.20.1241.6 85.9 21261.7 86.8 23
Lithuania0.81.11.1131.9 88.6 12193.0 92.7 17
Estonia1.11.00.552.1 89.4 562.6 91.4 6
Latvia0.82.01.5112.8 92.2 10154.3 94.8 15
EU0.20.40.35160.7 67.5 3487671.0 78.4 601