Table 2.

Differences in injury mortality: Kampala, San Francisco, and the United States

Parameter	Kampala	SF	US
Percent of all deaths due to injury	25*	6.0	7.0
Age at injury-related death (years), mean	29*	44.0	47.0
Crude injury-related mortality rate, per 10,000	6.7*	4.5	5.9
Expected age-standardized mortality rate, per 10,000 (WHO population)	7.9*	4.1	5.5
Comparative mortality ratio
Kampala vs. SF	1.93*	1.0	n/a
Kampala vs. US	1.44*	n/a	1.0
Injury-related mortality rate, per 10,000
Age > 19 years	11.0*	4.8	7.3
Age 10–19 years	2.4	3.6	3.0
Age < 10 years	1.9*	2.0	1.2

SF San Francisco, US United States, n/a not applicable

* Statistically significant difference: p < 0.01, χ² test