Table 3

 Percent potential reduction of intentional injury mortality in adults aged 15–64 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.
Greece3.71.30.03635.00.003635.00.00
Italy6.71.31.031758.0 38.0 120735509.0 44.6 1583
Spain7.61.20.324028.8 43.2 103924809.1 45.0 1116
Portugal7.11.77.26138.8 43.3 265111015.9 68.8 763
UK8.81.14.438639.9 49.6 1914558314.3 65.1 3636
Netherlands11.11.50.4136912.6 60.3 826141713.0 61.7 874
Germany13.60.92.3825014.5 65.5 5407955716.8 70.3 6717
Sweden14.71.34.292916.0 68.9 640117120.2 75.3 883
Denmark15.41.34.960716.8 70.3 42778721.7 77.0 606
Ireland16.51.32.045417.8 72.0 32750519.8 74.9 378
Czech Republic16.91.63.2132818.5 73.1 971155621.7 77.1 1199
Slovakia16.12.84.368318.9 73.6 50383923.2 78.5 659
Austria19.20.91.2111020.1 75.2 834117321.2 76.5 898
France19.40.92.7780120.3 75.4 5885884423.0 78.3 6927
Poland19.32.36.9565021.6 77.0 4348742328.5 82.5 6125
Belgium23.62.12.9173925.7 80.7 1402193228.6 82.6 1596
Finland28.03.52.4110731.5 84.2 932119533.9 85.3 1019
Slovenia30.51.33.144331.8 84.3 37348635.0 85.8 417
Hungary31.52.71.6238234.2 85.4 2036249635.9 86.1 2149
Estonia33.917.69.946651.5 90.3 42155761.4 91.9 512
Latvia36.815.312.782152.1 90.4 743102064.8 92.3 941
Lithuania59.011.711.4160370.8 93.0 1490186182.2 93.9 1748
EU14.01.52.94715615.5 67.9 320405590418.4 73.0 40791