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Table 5 Pedestrian-related injury hospitalization rate per 100,000 between 2006 and 2012 by Province among children and youth, 0–19 years

From: Childhood road traffic injuries in Canada – a provincial comparison of transport injury rates over time

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Average Annual Rate

Parameter Estimate

(95% CI)

PEI

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

N/A

N/A

N/A

AB

9.84

8.07

6.89

8.97

6.87

9.13

5.64

7.90

−0.38

(−1.05; 0.30)

SK

13.82

14.19

16.31

13.26

13.56

13.13

9.00

13.31

−0.70

(−1.54; 0.16)

BC

12.37

13.12

9.41

9.31

8.69

9.42

8.09

10.06

−0.75

(−1.29; − 0.21)

NB

4.77

4.22

6.71

8.61

4.35

6.92

3.18

5.54

−0.06

(−1.08; 0.96)

NL

11.59

9.95

18.22

9.12

8.29

6.51

8.46

10.33

−0.94

(−2.66; 0.79)

ON

5.66

6.51

5.77

5.78

5.34

6.25

5.09

5.77

−0.10

(−0.33; 0.14)

MB

13.62

12.04

12.01

10.38

7.51

9.03

12.38

10.99

−0.51

(−1.48; 0.46)

NS

7.08

3.36

5.35

5.92

10.53

5.61

7.77

6.49

0.42

(−0.68; 1.52)

Canada**

8.29

8.32

7.55

7.61

6.89

7.64

6.29

7.51

−0.29

(−0.49; − 0.08)

  1. A positive change indicates an annual increase over time; a negative change indicates a decrease over time. Confidence intervals that do not cross zero are
  2. statistically significant. PEI could not be reported by this subcause since cell sizes were < 5
  3. N/A not applicable
  4. *Cell size < 5
  5. **Excludes Quebec and territories