Table 3.

Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate (WHO Methodology) by Year and Region

		Border and Non-Border				Border				Non-Border
		n	Mean	Std. Dev.	Var.	n	Mean	Std. Dev.	Var.	n	Mean	Std. Dev.	Var.	Rate Ratio	Sig.
Year	1998	2308	188.61	117.45	13795.64	38	259.15	102.13	10431.46	2270	187.43	117.35	13771.84	1.38	<0.001
	1999	2318	176.79	119.66	14319.52	37	241.47	67.80	4596.90	2281	175.74	120.04	14410.33	1.37	<0.001
	2000	2339	169.10	101.55	10313.36	37	254.91	108.50	11771.62	2302	167.72	100.87	10174.72	1.52	<0.001
	2001	2316	174.53	156.93	24626.86	37	242.88	85.04	7231.48	2279	173.42	157.59	24835.47	1.40	0.008
	2002	2346	174.29	118.16	13960.91	37	237.48	84.69	7172.22	2309	173.28	118.35	14007.80	1.37	0.001
	2003	2351	176.75	103.97	10810.76	37	251.84	73.72	5433.97	2314	175.55	103.96	10807.48	1.43	<0.001
	2004	2357	170.79	94.39	8909.16	38	225.17	89.57	8022.91	2319	169.90	94.22	8877.89	1.33	<0.001
	2005	2365	170.71	89.65	8036.26	38	234.24	62.78	3941.37	2327	169.67	89.65	8037.83	1.38	<0.001
	2006	2378	168.33	87.58	7670.45	37	223.86	91.11	8301.22	2341	167.45	87.26	7614.49	1.34	<0.001
	2007	2368	173.26	82.51	6807.28	38	224.56	59.26	3511.84	2330	172.43	82.58	6818.93	1.30	<0.001
	2008	2379	179.69	85.99	7393.45	38	214.83	57.09	3258.72	2341	179.12	86.26	7441.61	1.20	0.011
	2009	2393	187.05	104.44	10907.81	37	255.92	120.52	14524.28	2356	185.97	103.83	10781.48	1.38	<0.001
	2010	2398	198.97	114.82	13183.59	37	237.46	61.31	3758.44	2361	198.36	115.37	13309.35	1.20	0.040
	2011	2388	192.21	101.15	10231.00	37	249.58	69.21	4790.20	2351	191.30	101.32	10266.07	1.30	0.001
	2012	2398	194.50	109.35	11956.65	38	205.83	48.46	2348.84	2360	194.32	110.05	12110.31	1.06	0.520
	Average		179.76	107.65	11589.50		237.17	81.64	6664.62		178.83	107.77	11615.06

Std. Dev. Standard Deviation, Var. Variance, Sig. Significance by t-test between border/non-border