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Table 6 Distribution of deaths by cause according to officially registered vital statistics data and our reclassified figures

From: A method for reclassifying cause of death in cases categorized as “event of undetermined intent”

 

Number of deaths (thousand)

SDR per 100,000

Total

Non-transport accidents

Suicides

Homicides

Unclassified

Total

Non-transport accidents

Suicides

Homicides

Unclassified

Actual

2914

1481

541

379

512

160

82.2

29.1

20.7

28.0

ECP ≥ 0.50

1605

605

686

18

89.0

32.5

37.6

1.0

ECP ≥ 0.60

1598

601

657

58

88.6

32.3

35.9

3.2

ECP ≥ 0.70

1589

597

593

136

88.1

32.1

32.4

7.4

ECP ≥ 0.75

1583

593

550

188

87.8

31.9

30.1

10.3

ECP ≥ 0.80

1576

588

502

248

87.4

31.6

27.4

13.6

ECP ≥ 0.85

1567

580

452

315

86.9

31.2

24.7

17.3

ECP ≥ 0.90

1558

569

404

384

86.4

30.6

22.0

21.0

After the population level adjustment

1722

624

568

 

95.3

33.7

31.0