Table 1.
Distribution of mortalities from injuries versus other causes of death (CODs) by age and sex, urban–rural sector, province and household wealth quintile, PNGIMR’s CHESS, 2018–2020
| Injury-attributed CODs* | Other CODs | All CODs | ||
| Mean age at death (year, SD)† | 42.9 (21.8) | 49.4 (23.6) | 48.6 (23.4) | |
| Age group | 0–4 | 3 (4.5%) | 64 (95.5%) | 67 (100.0%) |
| 5–14 | 5 (19.2%) | 21 (80.8%) | 26 (100.0%) | |
| 15–24 | 21 (33.9%) | 41 (66.1%) | 62 (100.0%) | |
| 25–34 | 17 (17.2%) | 82 (82.8%) | 99 (100.0%) | |
| 35–44 | 18 (19.1%) | 76 (80.9%) | 94 (100.0%) | |
| 45–54 | 16 (10.7%) | 133 (89.3%) | 149 (100.0%) | |
| 55–64 | 16 (9.4%) | 154 (90.6%) | 170 (100.0%) | |
| 65–74 | 9 (6.3%) | 134 (93.7%) | 143 (100.0%) | |
| 75+ | 13 (11.5%) | 100 (88.5%) | 113 (100.0%) | |
| Total | 118 (12.8%) | 805 (87.2%) | 923 (100.0%) | |
| Sex | Male | 81 (15.8%) | 433 (84.2%) | 514 (100.0%) |
| Female | 37 (9.0%) | 375 (91.0%) | 412 (100.0%) | |
| Total | 118 (12.7%) | 808 (87.3%) | 926 (100.0%) | |
| Sector | Urban | 39 (17.1%) | 189 (82.9%) | 228 (100.0%) |
| Rural | 75 (11.1%) | 602 (88.9%) | 677 (100.0%) | |
| Total | 114 (12.6%) | 791 (87.4%) | 905 (100.0%) | |
| Province | POM | 4 (13.3%) | 26 (86.7%) | 30 (100.0%) |
| Central | 39 (13.5%) | 249 (86.5%) | 288 (100.0%) | |
| EHP | 36 (12.0%) | 264 (88.0%) | 300 (100.0%) | |
| Madang | 17 (22.4%) | 59 (77.6%) | 76 (100.0%) | |
| ESP | 11 (9.5%) | 105 (90.5%) | 116 (100.0%) | |
| ENB | 11 (9.5%) | 105 (90.5%) | 116 (100.0%) | |
| Total | 118 (12.7%) | 808 (87.3%) | 926 (100.0%) | |
| Household wealth quintile | Poorest | 20 (14.5%) | 118 (85.5%) | 138 (100.0%) |
| Poor | 23 (16.7%) | 115 (83.3%) | 138 (100.0%) | |
| Middle | 13 (9.4%) | 125 (90.6%) | 138 (100.0%) | |
| Rich | 17 (12.3%) | 121 (87.7%) | 138 (100.0%) | |
| Richest | 17 (12.4%) | 120 (87.6%) | 137 (100.0%) | |
| Total | 90 (13.1%) | 599 (86.9%) | 689 (100.0%) |
*Injury-attributed CODs include road traffic/other transport accidents, accidental fall, drowning and submersion, exposure to smoke and fire, venomous animals and plants, poisoning, noxious substance, intentional self-harm, assault, force of nature, other and unspecified external CODs.
†Difference between mean ages at death was significant with a p value of 0.005.
CHESS, Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System; EHP, Eastern Highlands Province; ENB, East New Britain; ESP, East Sepik Province; PNGIMR, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research; POM, Port Moresby.