Table 3.

Rates of death from injury per year per 100 000 children aged 0-15 years by eight class NS-SEC and external cause, 2001-3. Figures are number of deaths; rate (95% confidence interval)

NS-SEC	Pedestrians	Car occupant	Pedal cyclists	Events of undetermined intent	Other accidental threats to breathing*	Exposure to smoke, fire, and flames†
1: Higher managerial/ professional occupations	10; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)	19; 0.4 (0.3 to 0.7)	2; 0.05 (0.01 to 0.2)	8; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)	9; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)	3; 0.1 (0.01 to 0.2)
2: Lower managerial/ professional occupations	15; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)	13; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3)	6; 0.1 (0.03 to 0.2)	16; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)	21; 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5)	2; 0.03 (0.004 to 0.1)
3: Intermediate occupations	10; 0.5 (0.2 to 0.9)	8; 0.4 (0.2 to 0.8)	1; 0.05 (0.001 to 0.3)	11; 0.5 (0.3 to 1.0)	7; 0.3 (0.1 to 0.7)	2; 0.1 (0.01 to 0.4)
4: Small employers/own account workers	19; 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)	12; 0.3 (0.2 to 0.6)	6; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)	19; 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)	13; 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6)	6; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)
5: Lower supervisory/ technical occupations	16; 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)	16; 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)	2; 0.1 (0.01 to 0.2)	14; 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)	15; 0.4 (0.3 to 0.7)	3; 0.1 (0.02 to 0.3)
6: Semi-routine occupations	23; 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9)	19; 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)	11; 0.3 (0.1 to 0.5)	18; 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)	26; 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0)	16; 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)
7: Routine occupations	41; 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6)	19; 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)	9; 0.3 (0.1 to 0.5)	26; 0.7 (0.5 to 1.1)	30; 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2)	20; 0.6 (0.3 to 0.9)
8: Never worked/long term unemployed	71; 4.7 (3.7 to 5.9)	36; 2.4 (1.7 to 3.3)	19; 1.3 (0.8 to 2.0)	90; 6.0 (4.8 to 7.3)	52; 3.4 (2.6 to 4.5)	39; 2.6 (1.8 to 3.5)
Total	205; 0.7 (0.6 to 0.8)	142; 0.5 (0.4 to 0.6)	56; 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3)	202; 0.7 (0.6 to 0.8)	173; 0.6 (0.5 to 0.7)	91; 0.3 (0.3 to 0.4)

^*Excludes accidental drowning and submersion.

^†Excludes one child for whom NS-SEC was missing.