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Table 2 Male to female burn mortality rate ratios (with 95% CI) by population and age group (in years) during childhood and over the life span

From: Demographic and circumstantial accounts of burn mortality in Cape Town, South Africa, 2001-2004: An observational register based study

Population Group

Children (n = 125)

All ages (n = 962)

 

0-2

3-6

7-12

13-15

0-15

16-24

25-38

39-50

51+

All ages

Black

1.2

(0.5;2.9)

0.6

(0.2;1.6)

1.6

(0.6;4.7)

3.1

(0.5;31.2)

1.2

(0.7;1.9)

2.1

(1.4;3.3)

3.2

(2.4;4.3)

2.5

(1.6;3.8)

1.6

(0.8;3.3)

2.3

(2.0;2.8)

Coloured

1.5

(0.5;5.0)

2.0

(0.7;6.4)

3.9

(0.8;38.0)

4.9

(0.6;233.3)

2.2

(1.2;4.4)

1.4

(0.8;2.6)

2.1

(1.4;3.1)

2.7

(1.6;4.4)

1.5

(0.8;2.8)

2.0

(1.6;2.5)

Other

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1.6

(0.2;19)

1.5

(0.4;6.2)

2.3

(0.9;6.8)

Total

1.3

(0.7;2.6)

1.0

(0.5;2.0)

2.1

(0.9;5.2)

3.7

(1.0;20.5)

1.5

(1.0;2.2)

1.9

(1.3;2.6)

2.8

(2.3;3.6)

2.5

(1.8;3.5)

1.6

(1.0;2.4)

2.2

(2.0;2.6)