Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents, Arizona, 1985-1995: Table 5

AVERAGE ANNUAL MORTALITY RATE FOR 1985-1995 AND NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG PERSONS 0 TO 19 YEARS OF AGE BY AGE GROUP, ETHNIC GROUP AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1985-1995

Age Group/Ethnicity

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Average Annual Mortality Rate,a 1985-1995

Infants Under 1 Year

All Ethnic Groups,

Whiteb

Hispanic

Black

American Indian

Other

16

10

1

1

4

0

18

6

3

1

8

0

26

12

6

2

6

0

20

10

4

3

3

0

26

15

2

2

7

0

23

13

5

2

3

0

22

6

8

1

7

0

25

8

9

2

6

0

18

3

7

6

2

0

32

14

11

2

5

0

14

8

6

0

0

0

34.1

26.8

29.9

84.7

79.2

--

Children 1-4 Years

All Ethnic Groups,

Whiteb

Hispanic

Black

American Indian

Other

61

31

12

2

15

1

85

54

13

2

16

0

56

32

11

1

10

2

78

44

18

3

13

0

73

43

14

3

12

1

50

26

6

3

14

1

64

33

19

3

8

1

63

23

23

2

15

0

66

29

16

6

13

2

66

33

17

5

11

0

74

32

25

6

11

0

27.7

25.0

23.6

33.3

57.0

*

Children 5-9 Years

All Ethnic Groups,

Whiteb

Hispanic

Black

American Indian

Other

35

25

6

1

3

0

42

27

6

0

9

0

32

17

9

1

5

0

27

11

7

3

6

0

40

22

7

7

4

0

26

11

9

1

4

1

32

20

7

0

5

0

29

15

5

2

7

0

37

22

8

1

6

0

25

13

5

1

6

0

36

17

6

5

7

1

11.7

10.9

9.0

18.5

51.1

*

Children 10-14 Years

All Ethnic Groups,

Whiteb

Hispanic

Black

American Indian

Other

39

19

9

4

7

0

32

15

6

3

8

0

41

25

7

1

6

2

41

23

9

5

4

0

33

16

8

0

9

0

40

17

7

3

13

0

29

18

5

1

4

1

33

15

11

4

3

0

41

19

7

4

11

0

36

21

5

2

8

0

51

35

9

2

4

1

14.6

13.2

11.0

27.3

25.9

*

Adolescents 15-19 Years

All Ethnic Groups,

Whiteb

Hispanic

Black

American Indian

Other

145

86

29

2

25

3

166

106

32

4

24

0

135

75

26

0

32

2

148

94

28

2

24

0

137

78

29

6

24

0

124

75

21

4

24

0

108

73

18

3

13

1

107

67

21

3

16

0

125

56

38

5

24

2

115

66

27

5

17

0

147

80

37

5

25

0

50.8

48.4

42.3

36.9

113.3

*

aNumber of fatal unintentional injuries per 100,000 persons in specified group. Number of births was used as the denominator for death rate calculation among infants.

bNon-Hispanic

Note: Many rates shown in this table are based on a small population, a small number of events, or both. Rates based on small numbers are unreliable and thus should be used with caution.

*The rates for ethnic groups other than those specified above do not meet standards of reliability and precision.

 

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