Table 1. Injury mortality rate ratios, rate ratios and rate differences (per 100,000 population) comparing Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with England, by age group, sex and time period.
| Boys | Girls | |||||||
| Country* | Country* | |||||||
| 28 days-9 years | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland |
| 1980–84 | ||||||||
| Number of deaths/pop. | 1,945/14,856,771 | 325/1,683,945 | 104/905,791 | 114/677,152 | 1,125/14,096,474 | 180/1,600,463 | 74/856,068 | 72/643,497 |
| Mortality rate | 13.09 (12.52, 13.69) | 19.30 (17.31, 21.52) | 11.48 (9.47, 13.91) | 16.84 (14.01, 20.22) | 7.98 (7.53, 8.46) | 11.25 (9.72, 13.02) | 8.64 (6.88, 10.86) | 11.19 (8.88, 14.10) |
| Rate ratio cf. England† | – | 1.47 (1.31, 1.66) | 0.88 (0.72, 1.07) | 1.29 (1.07, 1.55) | – | 1.41 (1.20, 1.65) | 1.08 (0.86, 1.37) | 1.40 (1.10, 1.78) |
| Rate difference cf. England‡ | – | 6.21 (4.03, 8.39) | −1.61 (−3.89, 0.67) | 3.74 (0.60, 6.89) | – | 3.27 (1.56, 4.97) | 0.66 (−1.36, 2.69) | 3.21 (0.58, 5.83) |
| 1993–97 | ||||||||
| Number of deaths/pop. | 998/16,243,952 | 130/1,634,881 | 67/963,632 | 67/661,036 | 626/15,505,887 | 83/1,562,430 | 41/917,082 | 37/628,382 |
| Mortality rate | 6.14 (5.77, 6.54) | 7.95 (5.96, 9.44) | 6.95 (5.47, 8.83) | 10.14 (7.98, 12.88) | 4.04 (3.73, 4.37) | 5.31 (4.28, 6.59) | 4.47 (3.29, 6.07) | 5.89 (4.27, 8.13) |
| Rate ratio cf. England† | – | 1.29 (1.08, 1.55) | 1.13 (0.88, 1.45) | 1.65 (1.29, 2.11) | – | 1.32 (1.05, 1.65) | 1.11 (0.81, 1.52) | 1.46 (1.05, 2.03) |
| Rate difference cf. England‡ | – | 1.81 (0.39, 3.23) | 0.81 (−0.90, 2.52) | 3.99 (1.54, 6.45) | – | 1.28 (0.09, 2.46) | 0.43 (−0.97, 1.84) | 1.85 (−0.07, 3.77) |
| 2006–10 | ||||||||
| Number of deaths/pop. | 480/15,520,377 3 | 50/1,417,234 | 29/859,730 | 18/597,247 | 325/14,809,639 | 30/1,352,357 | 20/815,019 | 18/566,490 |
| Mortality rate | .09 (2.83, 3.38) | 3.52 (2.67, 4.65) | 3.37 (2.34, 4.85) | 3.01 (1.90, 4.78) | 2.19 (1.97, 2.45) | 2.22 (1.55, 3.17) | 2.45 (1.58, 3.80) | 3.18 (2.00, 5.04) |
| Rate ratio cf. England† | – | 1.14 (0.85, 1.53) | 1.09 (0.75, 1.59) | 0.98 (0.62, 1.55) | – | 1.01 (0.70, 1.47) | 1.12 (0.71, 1.76) | 1.45 (0.90, 2.33) |
| Rate difference cf. England‡ | – | 0.44 (−0.58, 1.45) | 0.28 (−0.98, 1.54) | −0.08 (−1.50, 1.34) | – | 0.02 (−0.81, 0.85) | 0.26 (−0.86, 1.36) | 0.98 (−0.50, 2.47) |
| 10–18 years | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland |
| 1980–84 | ||||||||
| Number of deaths/pop. | 5,057/17,038,295 | 694/1,990,010 | 315/1,021,930 | 241/676,702 | 1,550/16,169,129 | 204/1,903,575 | 102/980,248 | 65/641,636 |
| Mortality rate | 29.68 (28.87, 30.51) | 34.87 (32.37, 37.57) | 30.82 (27.60, 34.42) | 35.61 (31.39, 40.41) | 9.59 (9.12, 10.08) | 10.72 (9.34, 12.29) | 10.41 (8.57, 12.63) | 10.13 (7.94, 12.92) |
| Rate ratio cf. England† | – | 1.17 (1.09, 1.27) | 1.04 (0.93, 1.16) | 1.20 (1.05, 1.37) | – | 1.12 (0.97, 1.29) | 1.09 (0.89, 1.33) | 1.06 (0.82, 1.35) |
| Rate difference cf. England‡ | – | 5.19 (2.47, 7.91) | 1.14 (−2.36, 4.64) | 5.93 (1.36, 10.50) | – | 1.13 (−0.42, 2.68) | 0.82 (−1.26, 2.89) | 0.54 (−1.96, 3.05) |
| 1993–97 | ||||||||
| Number of deaths/pop. | 2,412/13,535,473 | 359/1,443,819 | 196/833,699 | 189/591,838 | 887/12,968,872 | 113/1,393,253 | 52/800,942 | 54/573,896 |
| Mortality rate | 17.82 (17.12, 18.55) | 24.86 (22.42, 27.57) | 23.51 (20.44, 27.04) | 31.91 (27.69, 36.82) | 6.84 (6.40, 7.30) | 8.11 (6.74, 9.75) | 6.49 (4.95, 8.52) | 9.41 (7.21, 12.29) |
| Rate ratio cf. England† | – | 1.40 (1.25, 1.56) | 1.32 (1.14, 1.53) | 1.79 (1.55, 2.08) | – | 1.19 (0.97, 1.44) | 0.95 (0.72, 1.26) | 1.38 (1.05, 1.81) |
| Rate difference cf. England‡ | – | 7.04 (4.38, 9.71) | 5.69 (2.32, 9.06) | 14.11 (9.51, 18.72) | – | 1.27 (−0.29, 2.83) | −0.35 (−2.17, 1.47) | 2.57 (0.02, 5.12) |
| 2006–10 | ||||||||
| Number of deaths/pop | 1,711/14,841,629 | 277/1,427,116 | 140/880,184 | 120/575,449 | 611/14,170,350 | 89/1,357,250 | 49/841,004 | 46/547,202 |
| Mortality rate | 11.53 (10.99, 12.09) | 19.41 (17.25, 21.84) | 15.91 (13.48, 18.77) | 20.85 (17.44, 24.94) | 4.31 (3.98, 4.67) | 6.56 (5.33, 8.07) | 5.83 (4.40, 7.71) | 8.41 (6.30, 11.22) |
| Rate ratio cf. England† | – | 1.68 (1.48, 1.91) | 1.38 (1.16, 1.64) | 1.81 (1.50, 2.18) | – | 1.52 (1.22, 1.90) | 1.35 (1.01, 1.81) | 1.95 (1.44, 2.63) |
| Rate difference cf. England‡ | – | 7.88 (5.53, 10.23) | 4.38 (1.69, 7.07) | 9.32 (5.55, 13.10) | – | 2.25 (0.84, 3.65) | 1.51 (−0.15, 3.18) | 4.09 (1.64, 6.55) |
*
Numbers in brackets indicate 95% confidence intervals.
†
RateCountry/RateEngland.
‡
RateCountry- RateEngland.