Table 1.
Rates of death from external causes in Karonga District Malawi, 2002–12
| All external causes | Road injury | Drowning | Suicide | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratea | Rate ratioc | Rate | Rate ratio | Rate | Rate ratio | Rate | Rate ratio | |
| (95 % CIb) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 64.7 (53.2–78.8) | Reference | 12.4 (7.9–19.5) | Reference | 13.1 (8.4–21.8) | Reference | 11.1 (6.9–17.9) | Reference |
| Female | 27.1 (20.1–36.4) | 0.40 (0.28–0.57) | 4.3 (2.1–9.0) | 0.32 (0.14–0.77) | 4.3 (2.1–9.0) | 0.36 (0.16–0.81) | 3.1 (1.3–7.4) | 0.26 (0.09–0.70) |
| Age | ||||||||
| <5 years | 47.1 (32.5–68.2) | 0.99 (0.63–1.56) | 3.4 (0.8–13.4) | 0.27 (0.06–1.20) | 13.4 (6.7–26.9) | 1.83 (0.70–4.73) | 0 | |
| 5–14 | 20.6 (13.1–32.2) | 0.44 (0.26–0.73) | 2.2 (0.5–8.7) | 0.18 (0.04–0.77) | 6.5 (2.9–14.5) | 0.87 (0.31–2.46) | 0 | |
| 15–44 | 46.8 (35.8–60.0) | Reference | 12.0 (7.2–19.9) | Reference | 7.2 (3.7–13.8) | Reference | 13.6 (5.4–31.2) | Reference |
| 45+ | 98.7 (71–135.7) | 2.23 (1.48–3.36) | 18.2 (8.7–38.2) | 1.60 (0.65–3.92 | 10.4 (3.9–27.7) | 1.52 (0.47–4.94) | 13.0 (5.4–31.2) | 1.01 (0.37–2.74) |
| Period | ||||||||
| 2002/6 | 49.7 (38–64.8) | 1.14 (0.81–1.60) | 7.4 (3.7–14.7) | 0.84 (0.35–1.92) | 6.4 (3.1–13.5) | 0.66 (0.28–1.56) | 3.7 (1.4–9.8) | 0.42 (0.14–1.22) |
| 2007/12 | 43.0 (35.0–53.0) | Reference | 8.7 (5.5–13.8) | Reference | 9.7 (6.2–15.0) | Reference | 8.7 (5.5–13.8) | Reference |
aRate expressed per 100,000 person-years-at-risk
bCI: Confidence Interval
cRate ratio adjusted for age, sex and calendar period