TABLE 3
MORTALITY RATES1 BY INJURY TYPE AND AGE GROUP,
AMONG INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 0-19 YEARS OLD,
ARIZONA (1996) AND UNITED STATES (1993)
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AGE GROUP: |
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Category of injury |
0-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
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All Injury Deaths ARIZONA U.S. |
30.2 22.3 |
12.4 9.8 |
19.1 14.5 |
88.7 69.8 |
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Unintentional injury, total ARIZONA U.S. |
25.5 17.7 |
9.2 8.6 |
13.5 10.1 |
46.1 37.3 |
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--Motor Vehicle-Related ARIZONA U.S. |
10.0 5.5 |
6.3 4.7 |
10.1 5.9 |
37.0 28.6 |
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--Drowning ARIZONA U.S. |
7.9 3.2 |
0.6 1.0 |
0.9 1.3 |
2.3 2.4 |
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--Poisoning ARIZONA U.S. |
0.3 0.4 |
0.0 0.1 |
0.0 0.2 |
1.3 0.9 |
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--Suffocation ARIZONA U.S. |
4.1 2.8 |
0.6 0.3 |
0.3 0.4 |
0.0 0.4 |
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--Fire/Flames ARIZONA U.S. |
1.8 3.5 |
0.3 1.2 |
0.6 0.5 |
0.3 0.5 |
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Homicide ARIZONA U.S. |
3.5 4.1 |
2.3 1.1 |
3.1 2.5 |
24.4 20.7 |
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Suicide ARIZONA U.S. |
0.0 0.0 |
0.0 0.0 |
2.2 1.7 |
18.2 10.9 |
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Firearms2 ARIZONA U.S. |
0.6 0.6 |
1.7 0.8 |
3.1 3.8 |
36.7 27.8 |
1
All rates are per 100,000 persons in specified age group. The U.S. rates are for 1993 (the latest available) and are from Injury Mortality. National Summary of Injury Mortality: Data for 1987-1993. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.tal and health statistics; no 231. NCHS, 1993.2
Includes unintentional injuries caused by firearms, firearm-suicides, firearm-homicides and firearm-related fatalities which are undetermined whether they were purposely or accidentally inflicted.