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Table 2 Distribution of female strangulation by age group, 2001–2005 (N = 263)

From: Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa

Age group

Johannesburg

Cape Town

Durban

Pretoria

 

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

0–9

2

0.15

3

0.23

2

0.14

1

0.12

10–19

4

0.32

8

0.57

10

0.64

1

0.11

20–29

13

0.70

26

1.71

17

1.00

12

1.16

30–39

13

0.84

14

1.06

22

1.72

7

0.75

40–49

5

0.45

11

1.07

10

1.04

2

0.30

50–59

6

0.94

14

2.29

5

0.85

3

0.75

60+

11

1.70

16

2.37

21

3.28

4

0.95