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Table 3 Hospital separations due to injury [1], British Columbia, age under 25 years, 1986 compared to 2009, and 1991 compared to 2009, by injury category

From: Injury risk in British Columbia, Canada, 1986 to 2009: are Aboriginal children and youth over-represented?

 

Aboriginal population

Total population of BC

Injury category

Year

Obs [2]

Rate [3]

95% CI for Rate

SRR [4]

95% CI for SRR

Obs [2]

Rate [3]

95% CI for Rate

SRR [4]

95% CI for SRR

Total, All injuries

1986

1,501

282

268 to 296

3.06

2.80 to 3.34

14,106

124

122 to 126

1.61

1.57 to 1.64

Total, All injuries

2009

629

83

77 to 90

0.96

0.89 to 1.03

5,503

41

40 to 42

0.55

0.54 to 0.56

Male; Total, All injuries

1986

842

322

302 to 345

2.81

2.51 to 3.14

9,150

160

157 to 163

1.66

1.61 to 1.70

Male; Total, All injuries

2009

370

95

86 to 105

0.88

0.80 to 0.97

3,591

53

51 to 54

0.55

0.54 to 0.57

Female; Total, All injuries

1986

655

243

225 to 262

3.48

3.02 to 4.01

4,895

87

85 to 90

1.54

1.48 to 1.59

Female; Total, All injuries

2009

259

70

62 to 79

1.08

0.95 to 1.23

1,912

29

28 to 31

0.55

0.53 to 0.57

Trauma

1986

1,109

208

196 to 221

2.99

2.70 to 3.31

11,271

99

97 to 101

1.68

1.64 to 1.72

Trauma

2009

418

55

50 to 61

0.84

0.77 to 0.92

4,030

30

29 to 31

0.53

0.52 to 0.54

Poisoning

1986

238

45

39 to 51

3.87

3.01 to 4.97

1,380

12

11 to 13

1.39

1.30 to 1.47

Poisoning

2009

108

14

12 to 17

1.38

1.11 to 1.73

659

5

5 to 5

0.58

0.55 to 0.62

Burn

1986

63

12

9 to 15

4.89

2.82 to 8.67

422

4

3 to 4

1.93

1.69 to 2.21

Burn

2009

17

2

1 to 4

0.91

0.58 to 1.45

114

1

1 to 1

0.50

0.44 to 0.57

Other injury type

1986

91

17

14 to 21

2.00

1.49 to 2.68

1,033

9

9 to 10

1.19

1.11 to 1.27

Other injury type

2009

86

11

9 to 14

1.36

1.06 to 1.74

700

5

5 to 6

0.69

0.65 to 0.74

Unintentional injury

1991

767

183

170 to 196

2.82

2.51 to 3.18

8,366

95

93 to 97

1.75

1.70 to 1.80

Unintentional injury

2009

470

62

57 to 68

0.98

0.90 to 1.07

4,641

35

34 to 36

0.64

0.63 to 0.66

Transport vehicle (unintentional)

1991

262

62

55 to 70

3.29

2.64 to 4.10

2,743

31

30 to 32

2.06

1.95 to 2.17

Transport vehicle (unintentional)

2009

89

12

10 to 14

0.65

0.55 to 0.77

1,146

9

8 to 9

0.54

0.52 to 0.56

Medical/surgical mishaps

1991

58

14

11 to 18

1.92

1.34 to 2.76

730

8

8 to 9

1.27

1.17 to 1.37

Medical/surgical mishaps

2009

71

9

7 to 12

1.32

1.01 to 1.73

627

5

4 to 5

0.71

0.67 to 0.76

Falls (unintentional)

1991

231

55

48 to 63

2.71

2.19 to 3.35

2,501

28

27 to 30

1.60

1.52 to 1.68

Falls (unintentional)

2009

158

21

18 to 24

1.03

0.88 to 1.21

1,504

11

11 to 12

0.67

0.64 to 0.69

Self-inflicted injury

1991

122

29

24 to 35

4.53

3.10 to 6.66

663

8

7 to 8

1.59

1.45 to 1.75

Self-inflicted injury

2009

62

8

6 to 10

1.45

1.08 to 1.97

401

3

3 to 3

0.58

0.54 to 0.62

Poisoning (self-inflicted)

1991

97

23

19 to 28

4.12

2.75 to 6.23

574

7

6 to 7

1.54

1.39 to 1.70

Poisoning (self-inflicted)

2009

56

7

6 to 10

1.50

1.09 to 2.08

370

3

3 to 3

0.59

0.55 to 0.64

Intentionally inflicted by another

1991

94

22

18 to 27

5.10

3.22 to 8.16

447

5

5 to 6

1.47

1.31 to 1.64

Intentionally inflicted by another

2009

74

10

8 to 12

2.39

1.68 to 3.42

376

3

3 to 3

0.71

0.65 to 0.77

  1. Notes:
  2. 1. "Injury" defined as Most Responsible Diagnosis in the range ICD9:800 to 999, or ICD10:S00 to T98.
  3. 2. Observed number of hospital separations (acute or rehabilitation care).
  4. 3. Crude Rate per 10,000 person-years.
  5. 4. Standardized relative risk, compared to the total population of BC, standardized by age, gender and HSDA.