Table 2. Number of events,a age-adjusted death ratesb and population attributable risksc for leading causes of fatal injury in children by sex, population group and city, South Africa, 2001–2003.
| Pedestrian |
Passenger |
Drowning |
Burn |
Firearm |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Female | 300 | 6.1 | 86 | 1.7 | 108 | 2.1 | 153 | 3.0 | 63 | 1.3 | ||||
| Male | 453 | 9.2 | 99 | 2.0 | 265 | 5.3 | 206 | 4.1 | 109 | 2.2 | ||||
| Population groupd | ||||||||||||||
| Indian/Asian | 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 7 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.0 | ||||
| White | 8 | 0.7 | 26 | 2.4 | 12 | 4.3 | 3 | 0.3 | 12 | 1.1 | ||||
| Coloured | 138 | 7.9 | 38 | 2.1 | 35 | 2.0 | 47 | 2.7 | 34 | 1.9 | ||||
| African | 600 | 9.4 | 111 | 1.7 | 281 | 4.3 | 305 | 4.5 | 121 | 1.9 | ||||
| City | ||||||||||||||
| Tshwane | 37 | 2.5 | 12 | 0.8 | 43 | 2.9 | 27 | 1.8 | 14 | 1.0 | ||||
| Cape Town | 204 | 8.8 | 42 | 1.8 | 52 | 2.2 | 85 | 3.6 | 55 | 2.4 | ||||
| Johannesburg | 153 | 7.0 | 51 | 2.3 | 100 | 4.2 | 95 | 4.0 | 44 | 2.0 | ||||
| eThekwini | 240 | 9.4 | 43 | 1.7 | 99 | 3.8 | 89 | 3.4 | 32 | 1.3 | ||||
| Nelson Mandela | 78 | 10.0 | 26 | 3.1 | 29 | 3.7 | 36 | 4.6 | 12 | 1.5 | ||||
| Buffalo City | 48 | 8.4 | 14 | 2.4 | 52 | 9.2 | 31 | 5.4 | 16 | 2.8 | ||||
| PAR | ||||||||||||||
| Sex | NA | 20.5 | NA | 7.2 | NA | 42.2 | NA | 15.0 | NA | 26.9 | ||||
| Population group | NA | 90.4 | NA | 16.9 | NA | 39.5 | NA | 47.5 | NA | 30.9 | ||||
| City | NA | 67.0 | NA | 56.3 | NA | 40.6 | NA | 49.6 | NA | 45.1 | ||||
NA, not applicable; PAR, population attributable risk.
a Total numbers may vary across variables because of missing data for sex and population group.
b Per 100 000.
c PARs (shown as percentages) are calculated using the group with the lowest rate as the reference, i.e. females for all causes; Indian/Asian children for passenger, drowning and firearm-related deaths; white children for pedestrian and burn deaths; Tshwane for pedestrian, passenger, burn and firearm deaths; Cape Town for drowning deaths. The formula used to calculate PARs was (Ip − I u)/Ip , where Iu is the incidence in the unexposed and Ip the incidence in the total population (exposed and unexposed).
d Classification by population group as used by the South African government.
Data source: National Injury Mortality Surveillance System, 2001–2003.