Table 1.

Population by age group, expected, observed, excess deaths and excess mortality rate (deaths/100,000 inhabitants), Jamaica, 2014.

	Population	Expected Deaths for 2014	UPPER 99% Confidence Interval	Observed Deaths 2014	Excess Deaths	Excess Mortality Rate (deaths/100,000)
0 to 4 years	199,170	694	742	758	64	32.3
5 to 9 years	217,065	42	53	33	−9	−4.0
10 to 19 years	523,010	117	136	132	15	2.9
20 to 29 years	483,103	220	247	274	54	11.1
30 to 39 years	376,788	491	531	531	40	10.7
40 to 49 years	343,682	939	994	1,101	162	47.3
50 to 59 years	257,205	1,500	1,570	1,769	269	104.6
60 to 69 years	161,514	2,229	2,315	2,544	315	194.9
70 and more years	159,017	8,916	9,087	10,504	1,588	998.6
Total1	2,720,554	15,147	15,676	17,646	2,499	91.9

Observed mortality rate above the 99% confidence interval was bold and underlined.