From: Epidemiology of trauma in the subarctic regions of the Nordic countries
Manner of death | Mechanism of death | Subgroup | Northern Finland | Iceland | Northern Norway | Northern Sweden | Total |
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Accident | 16.9a (15.5–18.2) | 7.2a (5.9–8.5) | 15.6 (14.0–17.2) | 12.3a (11.3–13.4) | 13.7 (13.0–14.3) | ||
Road transport† | 6.9a (6.0–7.7) | 3.4a (2.5–4.3) | 6.6 (5.5–7.6) | 5.1a (4.4–5.7) | 6.2 (5.8–6.7) | ||
Car, pickup, heavy transport, bus, etc. | 3.8 (3.1–4.4) | 2.3a (1.6–3.1) | 4.4a (3.6–5.3) | 3.5 (3.0–4.1) | 3.8 (3.5–4.2) | ||
Pedestrian | 0.9 (0.6–1.2) | 0.5 (0.2–0.9) | 0.5 (0.2–0.7) | 0.4 (0.2–0.6) | 0.8 (0.7–1.0) | ||
Motorcycle | 0.5 (0.2–0.7) | 0.5 (0.2–0.9) | 0.6 (0.3–1.0) | 0.8 (0.5–1.0) | 0.6 (0.5–0.8) | ||
Bicycle | 0.7a (0.4–0.9) | 0.0a (0.0–0.0) | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.1a (0.0–0.2) | 0.3 (0.2–0.4) | ||
ATV/ Snowmobile | 1.0 (0.7–1.3) | 0.0a (0.0–0.0) | 0.4a (0.2–0.7) | 1.1a (0.8–1.4) | 0.8 (0.6–1.0) | ||
Other traffic | 1.1*a (0.7–1.4) | 0.1a (0.0–0.2) | 0.8a (0.4–1.2) | 0.3 (0.1–0.4) | 0.7 (0.5–0.8) | ||
High fall | 2.1a (1.6–2.5) | 1.7 (1.1–2.3) | 2.4a (1.8–3.1) | 1.1a (0.8–1.4) | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) | ||
Submersion | 3.8 (3.1–4.4) | 1.5a (0.9–2.1) | 2.9 (2.2–3.6) | 2.8 (2.3–3.3) | 3.0 (2.6–3.3) | ||
Fire | 1.5 (1.1–1.9) | 0.3a (0.0–0.6) | 2.0 (1.4–2.5) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | ||
Hypothermia | 2.2a (1.7–2.7) | 0.4 (0.1–0.8) | 0.9 (0.5–1.3) | 1.0 (0.7–1.3) | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | ||
Other | 8.8 (7.8–9.7) | 5.3a(4.1–6.4) | 7.8a(6.6–8.9) | 6.2a(5.5–7.0) | 7.2 (6.7–7.7) | ||
Homicide | 2.3a(1.8–2.8) | 0.4 (0.1–0.8) | 0.6 (0.3–0.9) | 0.6 (0.3–0.8) | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | ||
Knife/stabbing | 0.9a(0.6–1.2) | 0.1a(0.0–0.2) | 0.3 (0.1–0.6) | 0.5a(0.3–0.7) | 0.5 (0.4–0.7) | ||
Shooting | 0.7a(0.4–1.0) | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) | ||
Blunt force trauma | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.0 (0.0–0.1) | 0.2 (0.1–0.2) | ||
Other | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.1 (0.0–0.1) | 0.1 (0.0–0.1) | ||
Suicide | 15.6a(14.4–16.8) | 7.0a(5.7–8.3) | 8.8 (7.6–10.0) | 9.3a(8.4–10.2) | 10.8 (10.2–11.4) | ||
Hanging | 6.5a(5.7–7.3) | 3.6a(2.7–4.6) | 5.1 (4.2–6.0) | 5.5a(4.8–6.2) | 5.5 (5.0–5.9) | ||
Shooting | 5.0a(4.2–5.7) | 1.4 (0.9–2.0) | 1.9 (1.3–2.4) | 2.3 (1.8–2.7) | 2.9 (2.6–3.2) | ||
Drowning | 1.3a(1.0–1.7) | 0.4 (0.1–0.7) | 0.6 (0.3–0.9) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | 0.8 (0.6–0.9) | ||
Traffic | 1.4a(1.0–1.8) | 0.6 (0.2–0.9) | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.3 (0.1–0.4) | 0.6 (0.5–0.8) | ||
Other external cause of death | 1.4a(1.0–1.8) | 1.0 (0.5–1.5) | 1.1 (0.7–1.5) | 0.7 (0.5–1.0) | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) |