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Table 4 Annual incidence rate per 100,000 (95% CI) of the manner and mechanism of death intentions and mechanisms of injury in high energy trauma, including traumatic suicides

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

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)

  1. aSignificant difference (from one or all), no overlap of 95% confidence intervals
  2. bAll transport accidents on air, sea, and land