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Table 2 Demography of episodes: Annual episode rates per 100,000 and relative risk (males to females) between 1997/8 and 2003/4

From: Water incident related hospital activity across England between 1997/8 and 2003/4: a retrospective descriptive study

 

1998–9

1999/00

2000-

2001–2

2002–3

2003–4

Relative Risk (M:F)

2.7

2.3

2.8

3.0

2.6

2.5

(CIU – CIL)

(2.4 – 3.1)

(2.3 – 3.0)

(2.4 – 3.2)

(2.6 – 3.5)

(2.3 – 3.0)

(2.2 – 2.9)

Overall Rate per 100,000

2.1

2.4

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.2

(CIU – CIL)

(2.0 – 2.4)

(2.1 – 2.7)

(1.8 – 2.3)

(1.8 – 2.4)

(1.8 – 2.3)

(2.0 – 2.6)

Age

      

0–14

      

Count

362

395

337

310

292

341

Rate per 100, 000

3.9

4.2

3.6

3.3

3.1

3.6

(CIU – CIL)

(3.5 – 4.3)

(3.8 – 4.6)

(3.2 – 4.0)

(2.9 – 3.7)

(2.8 – 3.5)

(3.2 – 4.0)

15–59

      

Count

632

726

615

667

640

653

Rate per 100, 000

2.1

2.4

2.0

2.3

2.2

2.2

(CIU – CIL)

(1.9 – 2.3)

(2.3 – 2.6)

(1.9 – 2.2)

(2.0 – 2.4)

(2.0 – 2.3)

(2.0 – 2.4)

Over 60

      

Count

111

139

126

138

134

170

Rate per 100, 000

1.1

1.4

1.2

1.4

1.3

1.7

(CIU – CIL)

(0.9 – 1.3)

(1.1 – 1.6)

(1.0 – 1.5)

(1.1 – 1.6)

(1.1 – 1.5)

(1.4 – 1.9)