Table 2

Injury mortality trends among early adolescents (10–14 years) in Taiwan from 1965–69 to 1990–94 per 100 000

		Time period
Cause of death	Sex	1965–69	1970–74	1975–79	1980–84	1985–89	1990–94	Total % change	β Value	p Value
Total	M	67.69	59.27	53.85	49.22	46.14	41.48	−38.73	−1.0004	0.0003
	F	46.77	38.08	33.02	29.64	27.51	25.99	−44.42	−0.7942	0.0034
Natural	M	36.82	29.85	24.88	20.45	18.93	15.13	−58.92	−0.8322	0.0006
	F	33.10	26.46	21.52	18.23	15.06	13.24	−59.99	−0.7817	0.0007
Total injury	M	30.87	29.42	28.97	28.77	27.22	26.35	−14.65	−0.1680	0.0008
	F	13.67	11.63	11.50	11.40	12.45	12.75	−6.70	−0.0128	0.7998
Unintentional injury	M	28.56	28.27	28.26	27.88	26.28	25.28	−11.49	−0.1300	0.0104
	F	11.32	9.80	10.38	10.46	11.81	12.15	7.34	0.0586	0.2093
MVI	M	4.52	4.86	5.88	7.57	8.77	11.28	149.67	0.2698	0.0011
	F	2.91	2.89	3.97	4.64	5.26	6.97	139.71	0.1605	0.0017
Poisoning	M	0.62	0.50	0.57	0.50	0.71	0.33	−46.76	−0.0051	0.4727
	F	0.65	0.71	0.46	0.61	0.66	0.58	−11.67	−0.0020	0.6809
Falls	M	1.03	0.95	1.06	1.28	0.71	0.66	−35.66	−0.0134	0.2672
	F	0.36	0.27	0.48	0.57	0.51	0.31	−14.23	0.0032	0.6344
Fires	M	0.98	0.58	0.43	0.52	0.60	1.15	16.50	0.0057	0.7233
	F	0.79	0.23	0.44	0.66	0.68	0.80	1.94	0.0093	0.4468
Drowning	M	15.14	16.82	15.92	15.41	12.78	9.12	−39.75	−0.2442	0.0520
	F	4.08	3.52	3.39	2.58	3.45	2.23	−45.41	−0.0587	0.0511
Intentional injury	M	2.31	1.15	0.71	0.89	0.93	1.07	−53.74	−0.0382	0.1890
	F	2.35	1.82	1.12	0.94	0.64	0.60	−74.49	−0.0713	0.0032
Suicide	M	2.03	0.97	0.61	0.54	0.56	0.45	−78.01	−0.0526	0.0463
	F	2.07	1.51	0.94	0.59	0.46	0.23	−89.06	−0.0726	0.0014
Homicide	M	0.28	0.16	0.10	0.31	0.31	0.35	25.76	0.0057	0.2612
	F	0.27	0.29	0.12	0.35	0.15	0.17	−39.01	−0.0039	0.4262