Table 1

Case fatality rates in New Zealand (1992–96) and the United States (1996–98) and ratios of case fatality rates (RCFRs) in NZ v the US, by selected mechanisms and intent of injury (see table 3 for RCFR confidence intervals)

Mechanism	New Zealand				United States				Ratio of CFR NZ:US
Mechanism	Fatal	Hospital (non-fatal)	Total	CFR	Fatal	Hospital (non-fatal)†	Total	CFR	Ratio of CFR NZ:US
†With maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale score greater than or equal to 3.
‡Excludes poisoning, drowning, suffocation, adverse events, other specified and classifiable, other specified and not elsewhere classifiable, overexertion, and unspecified.
*p⩽0.05.
Non-MV, non-motor vehicle related.
Cut/pierce	156	255	411	38%	8718	34095	42813	20%	1.86*
Unintentional	19	79	98	19%	332	6766	7098	5%	4.15*
Intentional assault	97	144	24	40%	6952	25897	32849	21%	1.90*
Intentional self-harm	38	31	69	55%	1410	1136	2546	55%	0.99
Fall	1140	17327	18467	6%	37894	1213116	1251010	3%	2.04*
Unintentional	1060	17310	18370	6%	35745	1211967	1247712	3%	2.01*
Intentional self-harm	72	13	85	85%	1866	138	2004	93%	0.91
Fire/Burn	205	232	437	47%	12249	15807	28056	44%	1.07
Fire	190	72	262	73%	11890	8617	20507	58%	1.25*
Scald	15	160	175	9%	359	7190	7549	5%	1.80*
Firearm	452	36	488	93%	97184	50292	147476	66%	1.41*
Unintentional	27	15	42	64%	2981	9678	12659	24%	2.73*
Intentional assault	55	7	62	89%	39087	29837	68924	57%	1.56*
Intentional self-harm	346	10	356	97%	53156	6396	59552	89%	1.09*
Machinery	89	378	467	19%	2999	11701	14700	20%	0.93
Motor vehicle traffic	2965	4448	7413	40%	127430	332656	460086	28%	1.44*
Motorcyclist	371	914	1285	29%	6561	23310	29871	22%	1.31*
Occupant	2134	2608	4742	45%	100218	233663	333881	30%	1.50*
Pedal cyclist	80	164	244	33%	2340	7770	10110	23%	1.42
Pedestrian	350	570	920	38%	16526	41722	58248	28%	1.34*
Natural/environmental	56	165	221	25%	4436	5617	10053	44%	0.57*
Pedal cyclist, non-MV	14	362	376	4%	397	21726	22123	2%	2.07*
Pedestrian, non-MV	64	95	159	40%	2761	5700	8461	33%	1.23
Struck by/against	177	1085	1262	14%	4091	77432	81523	5%	2.79*
Unintentional	105	716	821	13%	2936	42368	45304	6%	1.97*
Intentional assault	71	355	437	16%	1127	35023	36150	3%	5.21*
Transport, other	195	909	1104	18%	5875	48995	54870	11%	1.65*
All the above mechanisms combined‡	5513	25292	30805	18%	304034	1817137	2121171	14%	1.25*
Unintentional	4758	24702	29460	16%	196271	1711757	1908028	10%	1.57*
Intentional assault	227	521	748	30%	47870	91169	139039	34%	0.88*
Intentional self-harm	491	59	550	89%	57332	8554	65886	87%	1.03