Selected injury mortality rate estimates per 100 000 population China (selected years and external causes)
| Year | External cause (rates per 100 000 population) | ||||
| All injury | Road traffic | Suicide | Drowning | Falls | |
| 1987/1988* | 77.0 | 12.4 | 27.1 | 11.9 | _ |
| 1990† | 92.18 | 20.55 | 23.57 | 15.16 | 7.89 |
| 2000‡ | 78.3 | 21.72 | 11.02 | 6.29 | 3.94 |
| 2005‡ | 51.57 | 21.18 | 9.94 | 4.74 | 5.13 |
| 2005/2006* | 64.0 | 22.4 | 11.8 | 9.1 | _ |
| 2010‡ | 51.92 | 20.77 | 9.80 | 3.91 | 6.68 |
| 2013† | 57.09 | 21.11 | 9.15 | 5.32 | 8.85 |
| 2015‡ | 50.31 | 19.3 | 10.01 | 3.57 | 7.63 |
Sources: each of these sources used internally consistent data sources and scale-up methods. They are not directly comparable.
*Wang et al 2008.16
†Zhou et al 2016 (GBD).17
‡WHO GHE, 2015 (based on vital registration and United Nations population estimates).21
GBD, Global Burden of Disease.