Table 1. Deaths from unintentional falls by age, sex and place of residence, in the present study and in national estimates, India, 2005.
| Age (years) | Deaths in study, 2001–2003 |
National estimates |
Deaths (per 100 000) in all India, 2005 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males/Females | Rural/Urban | Total |
Males |
Females |
No. | 99% CI | ||||||||||
| No. | % | No. | 99% CI | No. | 99% CI | No. | 99% CI | |||||||||
| 0–14 | 109/94 | 168/35 | 203 | 10 | 20 | 16.4–23.6 | 5.7 | 4.2–7.0 | 5.0 | 3.7–6.4 | 5.4 | 4.4–6.3 | ||||
| 15–29 | 89/30 | 105/14 | 119 | 6 | 8 | 6.4–10.4 | 3.7 | 2.7–4.7 | 1.6 | 0.8–2.3 | 2.7 | 2.1–3.3 | ||||
| 30–44 | 124/32 | 130/26 | 156 | 8 | 12 | 9.6–14.6 | 8.4 | 6.5–10.4 | 2.3 | 1.2–3.3 | 5.5 | 4.3–6.6 | ||||
| 45–59 | 154/73 | 190/37 | 227 | 11 | 18 | 14.9–21.1 | 15.4 | 12.2–18.6 | 9.8 | 9.9–12.8 | 12.7 | 10.5–14.9 | ||||
| 60–69 | 157/154 | 252/59 | 311 | 16 | 24 | 19.9–26.7 | 49.4 | 39.3–59.7 | 47.8 | 37.9–57.7 | 48.5 | 41.4–55.6 | ||||
| 70+ | 437/550 | 760/227 | 987 | 49 | 78 | 71.6–84.4 | 261.7 | 229.5–294.0 | 281.0 | 249.7–311.3 | 271.2 | 249.0–293.5 | ||||
| All | 1070/933 | 1605/398 | 2003 | 100 | 160 | 150.7–169.1 | 14.9 | 13.7–16.0 | 14.2 | 13.0–15.4 | 14.5 | 13.7–15.4 | ||||
CI, confidence interval.
Note: no deaths were recorded as W15 and W16.