Table 2.
Age-Specific Male/Female Mortality Ratios in 26 Countries from 1955–1994a
| Ages (yrs) | Cause of Death
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MVA | Homicide | Suicide | Other | All | |
| 15–19 | 2.38 (1) | 4.11 (1) | 3.33 (1) | 1.70 (4) | 2.19 (3) |
| 20–24 | 2.78 (3) | 5.04 (4) | 4.76 (4) | 1.65 (3) | 2.35 (4) |
| 25–29 | 2.84 (4) | 4.99 (3) | 4.74 (3) | 1.52 (2) | 2.03 (2) |
| 30–34 | 2.69 (2) | 4.67 (2) | 4.36 (2) | 1.49 (1) | 1.83 (1) |
a
Rates are adjusted for population age-and-gender-distributions and stratified by cause of death. Number in parentheses is the age group ranking from lowest (1) to highest (4) for the given cause of death.