Table 3

Mean and 95% CI of unintentional injury mortality rates (/100 000), total mortality rates and the percentage of total deaths due to injuries by income based country groups, age and gender in 51 countries, year 1993

Country groupsInjury mortality rateTotal mortality ratePercentage of total deaths due to injuries
1. LIC = low income countries; 2. loMIC = lower middle income countries; 3. hiMIC = higher middle income countries; 4. loHIC = lower high income countries; 5. hiHIC = higher high income income countries.
*p<0.05; **p<0.01 by significant test of the mean difference by comparing two contiguous data.
Boys 1–4 years
    1. LIC60.4 (43.9 to 77.0)363.1 (228.1 to 498.1)20.7 (4.4 to 37.0)
    2. loMIC42.6 (29.3 to 56.0)114.8 (78.0 to 151.6)**38.7 (28.6 to 48.7)*
    3. hiMIC21.7 (15.1 to 28.4)** 70.7 (54.3 to 87.0)*31.0 (24.5 to 37.5)
    4. loHIC11.3 (6.2 to 16.5)* 39.5 (33.7 to 45.4)**27.8 (17.1 to 38.4)
    5. hiHIC10.4 (8.2 to 12.7) 35.4 (31.2 to 39.6)29.0 (25.4 to 32.6)
Girls 1–4 years
    1. LIC47.8 (36.3 to 59.3)330.7 (202.2 to 459.3)17.8 (4.6 to 31.1)
    2. loMIC30.7 (20.4 to 41.0)* 92.0 (63.2 to 120.7)**35.5 (24.4 to 46.6)*
    3. hiMIC15.7 (10.8 to 20.5)** 60.7 (46.1 to 75.3)*27.1 (19.7 to 34.4)
    4. loHIC 8.2 (3.6 to 12.8)* 33.2 (25.8 to 40.6)**23.0 (13.2 to 32.9)
    5.hiHIC 7.7 (6.2 to 9.3) 31.9 (28.0 to 35.8)24.1 (20.6 to 27.6)
Boys 5–14 years
    1. LIC26.1 (20.2 to 31.9) 66.2 (60.9 to 71.6)39.7 (29.1 to 50.3)
    2. loMIC28.3 (19.6 to 36.9) 54.8 (43.0 to 66.5)49.7 (42.2 to 57.2)
    3. hiMIC14.1 (10.4 to 17.8)** 35.7 (29.8 to 41.6)**39.0 (33.1 to 44.9)*
    4. loHIC 7.6 (5.6 to 9.6)** 20.3 (18.7 to 21.8)**37.6 (28.4 to 46.7)
    5. hiHIC 8.1 (7.0 to 9.2) 21.0 (19.4 to 22.5)38.5 (35.4 to 41.5)
Girls 5–14 years
    1. LIC12.1 (8.3 to 15.9) 43.8 (38.3 to 49.3)27.9 (18.0 to 37.8)
    2. loMIC12.0 (8.6 to 15.4) 32.7 (26.6 to 38.7)*35.9 (29.0 to 42.8)
    3. hiMIC 7.1 (5.0 to 9.2)** 25.3 (20.7 to 29.9)*27.9 (22.7 to 33.1)*
    4. loHIC 3.6 (2.4 to 4.8)* 15.2 (12.5 to 17.8)**23.3 (16.8 to 29.8)
    5. hiHIC 4.6 (3.6 to 5.6) 15.2 (13.9 to 16.5)30.0 (25.4 to 34.6)