Table 2 Rates of unintentional injury mortality and mortality due to specific types of unintentional injury in children aged under-five years in China, 2010–2020

Total

855

249.3

831

231.7

759

208.5

685

189.2

637

196.4

478

178.8

3.7% (3.1–4.4)

Areas

urban

106

68.1

88

47.3

118

59.8

122

56.4

121

59.2

109

59.7

4.2% (3.4–4.9)

rural

749

323.1

743

306.8

640

274.9

563

248.5

516

257.6

369

232

1.5% (0.1–3.3)

Sex

male

524

285.4

488

255.8

428

224.1

403

213.8

367

217.5

291

205

3.8% (2.9–4.7)

female

331

207.6

343

204.4

331

191.1

282

162.3

270

173.4

187

148.8

3.6% (2.6–4.7)

Cause

drowning

248

72.3

256

71.3

213

58.7

237

65.6

197

60.8

143

53.5

3.5% (2.3–4.8)

traffic injury

110

32.1

141

39.4

161

44.3

137

37.8

118

36.5

95

35.5

2.5%(0.7–4.1)

suffocation

327

95.3

294

82.1

237

65.1

178

49.2

191

59

167

62.4

5.0%( 3.8–6.1)

poisoning

54

15.7

29

8.1

38

10.3

28

7.6

30

9.3

20

7.5

5.6%( 2.3–8.7)

falls

42

12.4

52

14.6

60

16.6

62

17.2

55

17.1

30

11.2

4.5%(1.8–7.2)