Major causes by age group as proportion of all injury death estimates: selected years 2000–2015
| Year Cause | Deaths [‘000] (% of injury deaths) Age group (years) | ||||||
| 0–4 | 5–14 | 15–29 | 30–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70+ | |
| 2000 | |||||||
| All injury | 74.8 | 57.6 | 144.3 | 201.8 | 65.6 | 66.4 | 93.2 |
| Road traffic | 17.0 (22.7) | 17.1 (29.7) | 70.3 (48.7) | 77.3 (38.3) | 21.7 (33.1) | 22.2 (33.4) | 18.4 (19.6) |
| Drowning | 2.2 (2.9) | 26.2 (45.5) | 11.8 (8.2) | 5.6 (2.8) | 2.0 (3.0) | 4.4 (6.6) | 7.3 (7.8) |
| Suicide | – | 2.3 (4.0) | 29.4 (20.4) | 17.4 (8.6) | 7.8 (11.9) | 21.2 (31.9) | 29.2 (31.3) |
| Falls | 1.5 (2.0) | 2.2 (3.8) | 4.7 (3.3) | 9.6 (4.8) | 4.7 (7.2) | 6.8 (10.2) | 20.8 (22.3) |
| 2005 | |||||||
| All injury | 49.9 | 37.7 | 119.7 | 208.0 | 75.6 | 69.4 | 118.9 |
| Road traffic | 11.4 (22.8) | 10.7 (28.4) | 63.1 (52.7) | 110.7 (53.2) | 34.9 (46.2) | 24.7 (35.6) | 22.5 (18.9) |
| Drowning | 11.7 (23.4) | 15.8 (41.9) | 9.2 (7.7) | 8.9 (4.3) | 3.7 (4.9) | 4.4 (6.3) | 8.5 (7.1) |
| Suicide | – | 1.2 (3.2) | 20.0 (16.7) | 37.3 (17.9) | 17.6 (23.3) | 20.3 (29.3) | 34.0 (28.6) |
| Falls | 1.3 (2.6) | 1.7 (4.5) | 4.4 (3.7) | 11.7 (5.6) | 6.5 (8.6) | 8.2 (11.8) | 33.7 (28.3) |
| 2010 | |||||||
| All injury | 38.6 | 27.3 | 113.4 | 193.6 | 92.2 | 87.2 | 145.3 |
| Road traffic | 8.8 (22.8) | 8.3 (30.4) | 61.9 (67.0) | 78.1 (40.3) | 43.4 (47.1) | 29.8 (34.2) | 27.0 (18.6) |
| Drowning | 6.2 (16.1) | 10.9 (39.9) | 7.6 (6.7) | 4.2 (2.2) | 4.1 (4.4) | 5.5 (6.3) | 9.0 (6.2) |
| Suicide | – | 0.7 (2.6) | 17.0 (15.0) | 12.4 (6.4) | 19.4 (21.0) | 24.2 (27.8) | 37.5 (25.8) |
| Falls | 1.5 (3.9) | 1.6 (5.9) | 5.2 (4.5) | 10.2 (5.3) | 9.1 (9.9) | 11.9 (13.6) | 45.9 (31.6) |
| 2015 | |||||||
| All injury | 30.1 | 23.3 | 95.3 | 172.0 | 96.3 | 114.8 | 164.4 |
| Road traffic | 6.9 (22.9) | 6.8 (29.2) | 51.4 (53.9) | 89.4 (52.0) | 45.3 (47.0) | 37.9 (33.0) | 19.0 (11.6) |
| Drowning | 4.8 (15.9) | 10.0 (42.9) | 6.4 (6.7) | 7.4 (4.3) | 4.4 (4.6) | 7.6 (6.6) | 5.1 (3.1) |
| Suicide | – | 0.7 (3.0) | 15.6 (16.4) | 30.1 (17.5) | 20.4 (21.2) | 31.9 (27.8) | 20.7 (12.6) |
| Falls | 1.6 (5.3) | 1.8 (7.7) | 5.3 (5.6) | 14.2 (8.3) | 10.4 (10.8) | 17.4 (15.2) | 23.1 (14.5) |
Source: WHO GHE 2000–2015.