Table 2. Geographical distribution of observed deaths, expected deaths, and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) with the 95% confidence interval, by gender, by district, 2005–2009.
| Males | Females | |||||||||
| District | O* | E† | SMR‡ | LL§ | UL | O | E | SMR | LL | UL |
| Antwerpen | 110 | 83.68 | 1.31 | 1.08 | 1.59 | 15 | 17.14 | 0.88 | 0.49 | 1.44 |
| Mechelen | 70 | 27.88 | 2.51 | 1.96 | 3.17 | 16 | 5.63 | 2.84 | 1.62 | 4.61 |
| Turnhout | 32 | 35.36 | 0.90 | 0.62 | 1.28 | 8 | 6.62 | 1.21 | 0.52 | 2.38 |
| Hasselt | 24 | 32.32 | 0.74 | 0.48 | 1.10 | 3 | 6.41 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 1.37 |
| Maaseik | 15 | 18.15 | 0.83 | 0.46 | 1.36 | 3 | 3.33 | 0.90 | 0.19 | 2.63 |
| Tongeren | 15 | 16.18 | 0.93 | 0.52 | 1.53 | 5 | 3.15 | 1.59 | 0.51 | 3.70 |
| Aalst | 30 | 23.33 | 1.29 | 0.87 | 1.84 | 6 | 4.93 | 1.22 | 0.45 | 2.65 |
| Dendermonde | 28 | 16.01 | 1.75 | 1.16 | 2.53 | 4 | 3.30 | 1.21 | 0.33 | 3.10 |
| Eeklo | 8 | 7.64 | 1.05 | 0.45 | 2.06 | 1 | 1.49 | 0.67 | 0.02 | 3.74 |
| Gent | 37 | 42.85 | 0.86 | 0.61 | 1.38 | 9 | 8.96 | 1.00 | 0.46 | 1.90 |
| Oudenaarde | 7 | 10.34 | 0.68 | 0.27 | 1.40 | 1 | 2.19 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 2.54 |
| Sint-Niklaas | 67 | 19.50 | 3.44 | 2.66 | 4.36 | 7 | 3.90 | 1.79 | 0.72 | 3.70 |
| Brugge | 16 | 26.72 | 0.60 | 0.34 | 0.97 | 2 | 5.43 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 1.33 |
| Diksmuide | 2 | 4.47 | 0.45 | 0.05 | 1.62 | 0 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.40 |
| Ieper | 7 | 9.39 | 0.75 | 0.30 | 1.54 | 2 | 1.94 | 1.03 | 0.13 | 3.73 |
| Kortrijk | 21 | 24.59 | 0.85 | 0.53 | 1.31 | 3 | 5.11 | 0.59 | 0.12 | 1.72 |
| Oostende | 13 | 15.69 | 0.83 | 0.44 | 1.42 | 4 | 3.25 | 1.23 | 0.34 | 3.15 |
| Roeselare | 7 | 13.02 | 0.54 | 0.22 | 1.11 | 3 | 2.61 | 1.15 | 0.24 | 3.36 |
| Tielt | 2 | 7.93 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.91 | 0 | 1.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.91 |
| Veurne | 1 | 6.85 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.81 | 1 | 1.36 | 0.73 | 0.02 | 4.08 |
| Halle-Vilvoorde | 69 | 49.11 | 1.40 | 1.09 | 1.78 | 25 | 10.03 | 2.49 | 1.61 | 3.68 |
| Leuven | 35 | 40.72 | 0.86 | 0.60 | 1.20 | 7 | 8.18 | 0.86 | 0.34 | 1.76 |
| Brussels Capital | 29 | 67.34 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.62 | 9 | 16.20 | 0.56 | 0.25 | 1.05 |
| Nivelles | 24 | 28.05 | 0.86 | 0.55 | 1.27 | 4 | 6.00 | 0.67 | 0.18 | 1.71 |
| Ath | 2 | 6.32 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 1.14 | 0 | 1.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.07 |
| Mons | 15 | 18.04 | 0.83 | 0.47 | 1.37 | 4 | 4.46 | 0.90 | 0.24 | 2.30 |
| Mouscron | 5 | 5.70 | 0.88 | 0.29 | 2.05 | 2 | 1.31 | 1.53 | 0.19 | 5.52 |
| Charleroi | 25 | 31.36 | 0.80 | 0.52 | 1.18 | 6 | 7.47 | 0.80 | 0.29 | 1.75 |
| Soignies | 10 | 13.51 | 0.74 | 0.36 | 1.36 | 5 | 3.06 | 1.63 | 0.53 | 3.81 |
| Thuin | 15 | 11.66 | 1.29 | 0.72 | 2.12 | 1 | 2.63 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 2.12 |
| Tournai | 6 | 11.10 | 0.54 | 0.20 | 1.18 | 2 | 2.60 | 0.77 | 0.09 | 2.78 |
| Huy | 9 | 7.74 | 1.16 | 0.53 | 2.21 | 0 | 1.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.75 |
| Liège | 44 | 48.21 | 0.91 | 0.66 | 1.23 | 15 | 10.95 | 1.37 | 0.77 | 2.26 |
| Verviers | 16 | 21.18 | 0.76 | 0.43 | 1.23 | 4 | 4.56 | 0.88 | 0.24 | 2.25 |
| Waremme | 10 | 5.52 | 1.81 | 0.87 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.43 |
| Arlon | 6 | 3.89 | 1.54 | 0.57 | 3.36 | 0 | 0.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.56 |
| Bastogne | 1 | 3.07 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 1.82 | 0 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.61 |
| Marche-en-Famenne | 2 | 4.07 | 0.49 | 0.06 | 1.78 | 0 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.47 |
| Neufchâteau | 3 | 4.61 | 0.65 | 0.13 | 1.90 | 1 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 0.03 | 5.74 |
| Virton | 5 | 3.86 | 1.30 | 0.42 | 3.02 | 0 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.65 |
| Dinant | 1 | 8.38 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 1 | 1.80 | 0.55 | 0.01 | 3.09 |
| Namur | 15 | 21.31 | 0.70 | 0.39 | 1.16 | 4 | 4.91 | 0.81 | 0.22 | 2.08 |
| Philippeville | 3 | 5.12 | 0.59 | 0.12 | 1.71 | 0 | 1.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.74 |
* Observed deaths.
† Expected deaths.
‡ Standardized mortality ratios.
§ Lower limit 95% confidence interval.
Upper limit 95% confidence interval; Reference: Belgian sex-specific population.