Table 1 Descriptive statistics.
From: Trends in mortality from external causes in the Republic of Seychelles between 1989 and 2018
Years | 1989–2018 | Numbers (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989–1998 | 1999–2008 | 2009–2018 | ||||||
Category | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Drowning | 310 (88.1) | 42 (11.9) | 105 (90.5) | 11 (9.5) | 91 (88.4) | 12 (11.6) | 114 (85.7) | 19 (14.3) |
Road traffic injuries | 225 (79.8) | 57 (20.2) | 58 (80.6) | 14 (19.4) | 73 (76.8) | 22 (23.2) | 94 (81.7) | 21 (18.3) |
Suicide | 129 (92.8) | 10 (7.2) | 35 (97.2) | 01 (2.8) | 49 (92.5) | 04 (7.5) | 45 (90.0) | 05 (10.0) |
Homicide | 89 (76.7) | 27 (23.3) | 23 (82.1) | 05 (17.9) | 44 (81.5) | 10 (18.5) | 22 (64.7) | 12 (35.3) |
Poisoning | 89 (73.6) | 32 (26.4) | 34 (75.6) | 11 (24.4) | 11 (68.7) | 05 (31.3) | 44 (73.3) | 16 (26.7) |
Falls | 56 (87.5) | 08 (12.5) | 10 (83.3) | 02 (16.7) | 18 (81.8) | 04 (18.2) | 28 (93.3) | 02 (6.7) |
Fire related burns | 42 (77.8) | 12 (22.2) | 08 (66.7) | 04 (33.3) | 14 (87.5) | 02 (12.5) | 20 (76.9) | 06 (23.1) |
Other unintentional injuries | 150 (53.8) | 129 (46.2) | 50 (56.8) | 38 (43.2) | 49 (57.0) | 37 (43.0) | 51 (48.6) | 54 (51.4) |
External causes, undetermined | 172 (84.3) | 32 (15.7) | 77 (84.6) | 14 (15.4) | 55 (87.3) | 08 (12.7) | 40 (80.0) | 10 (20.0) |
All external causes | 1262 (78.3) | 349 (21.7) | 400 (80.0) | 100 (20.0) | 404 (79.5) | 104 (20.5) | 458 (76.0) | 145 (24.0) |
By age groups (all external causes) | ||||||||
0–19 | 120 (72.3) | 46 (27.7) | 55 (72.4) | 21 (27.6) | 37 (69.8) | 16 (30.2) | 28 (75.7) | 09 (24.3) |
20–39 | 507 (85.2) | 88 (14.8) | 163 (88.1) | 22 (11.9) | 168 (86.6) | 26 (13.4) | 176 (81.5) | 40 (18.5) |
40–59 | 380 (87.6) | 54 (12.4) | 100 (90.9) | 10 (9.1) | 126 (87.5) | 18 (12.5) | 154 (85.6) | 26 (14.4) |
60+ | 255 (61.3) | 161 (38.7) | 82 (63.6) | 47 (36.4) | 73 (62.4) | 44 (37.6) | 100 (58.8) | 70 (41.2) |
