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Table 1 Characteristics of the study populations, age-standardised mortality rate per 100 000 person years and mortality rate ratios for drownings in 2000–2015 in the 30–74 age group, total population

From: Sociodemographic inequalities in mortality from drowning in the Baltic countries and Finland in 2000–2015: a register-based study

Country

Period

Deaths

N

Person

years

N

Educational level

Urban population

%

ASMR (95% CI)

RR (95% CI)

High

%

Middle

%

Low

%

Finland

2000–2007

864

23,431,363

29.1

37.7

33.2

83.0

3.6 (3.3–3.8)

1

 

2008–2015

673

24,074,431

32.6

42.3

25.1

84.3

2.5 (2.3–2.7)

0.70 (0.63–0.78)

Estonia

2000–2007

439

5,679,250

30.7

46.9

22.4

64.9

7.7 (7.0–8.5)

1

 

2008–2015

317

5,767,086

34.5

48.7

16.8

64.7

5.4 (4.8–6.0)

0.70 (0.60–0.81)

Latvia

2000–2007

1100

9,062,656

17.5

58.7

23.8

68.4

12.3 (11.6–13.1)

1

 

2008–2015

775

8,781,861

22.6

61.2

16.1

68.3

8.8 (8.2–9.4)

0.71 (0.65–0.78)

Lithuania

2001–2007

1617

12,854,909

17.9

59.8

22.3

68.4

12.7 (12.0–13.3)

1

 

2008–2015

1313

14,140,553

22.3

60.9

16.9

69.0

9.2 (8.7–9.8)

0.73 (0.68–0.79)

  1. The follow up in the 1st period started from the census date in the Baltic countries, i.e. 31.03.2000 in Estonia, 1.03.2000 in Latvia, and 6.04.2001 in Lithuania; in 2008 the follow up started on January 1; the follow up ended on December 31 in respective periods
  2. ASMR, age-standardised mortality rate per 100 000 person years; CI, confidence interval; RR, mortality rate ratio between two periods