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Table 3 Estimate of the excess number of child deaths (in thousands) associated with solid fuel use in India according to sex and age group, India 1998-1999.

From: Child mortality from solid-fuel use in India: a nationally-representative case-control study

 

Boys

 

Girls

 

Age group

Type of Fuel

Attributable deaths/total deaths

%

Attributable deaths/total deaths

%

Neonatal and Post neonatal

    

   N/A (No deaths attributed to solid fuel use)

0/779

-

0/815

-

1 to 4

    

   Non-solid fuels a (a)

0/39

-

0/36

-

   Solid fuels b

    

Solid fuels b/Sep. kitchen (b)

21/114

18.0

23/118

19.4

Solid fuels b/Non-Sep. kitchen (c)

44/146

30.1

52/157

32.9

All c (d)

60/259

23.1

68/257

24.8

TOTAL ATTRIBUTABLE DEATHS (a+b+c)

64/1077

6.0

75/1126

6.6

TOTAL ATTRIBUTABLE DEATH (a+d)

60/1077

5.6

68/1126

6.1

  1. Note: PAF formula used (RR-1)/RR Total number of deaths from UN estimates for India in 2004 (United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs: World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision - File 4: Interpolated demographic indicators by major area, region and country, annually for 1950-2050 - Estimates, 1950-2010 - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009). World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, CD-ROM Edition.) aNon-solid fuels: kerosene, gas/natural gas, electricity and biogas; bSolid fuels: coal/coke/lignite, firewood, dung, and crop residue. c Exposed to solid fuels regardless of type of kitchen (estimated in a separated regression model).