Table 1: Canadian Mortality and Morbidity
Rates for Unintentional Injury in 19891
(per 100,000 – standardized to 1971 population)
|
Overall
(0-85+ yr) |
Pediatric
(0-14 yr) |
|
Mortality |
Morbidity |
Mortality |
Morbidity |
|
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
| Falls |
6.77 |
4.16 |
425.0 |
384.0 |
.04 |
.24 |
420.5 |
283.5 |
| Drownings |
2.31 |
.63 |
2.78 |
1.38 |
1.86 |
.95 |
5.49 |
3.43 |
| Burns/Fire related |
2.11 |
.91 |
11.52 |
4.23 |
1.40 |
.91 |
11.01 |
4.88 |
| Poisonings |
1.88 |
.90 |
38.84 |
35.19 |
.13 |
.04 |
63.79 |
54.87 |
| Suffocations |
.72 |
.21 |
.39 |
.15 |
1.07 |
.48 |
.79 |
.37 |
| Firearms |
.57 |
.04 |
4.69 |
.52 |
.37 |
.11 |
3.32 |
.43 |
1Extracted from data, Bureau of Chronic
Disease Epidemiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health and
Welfare Canada