All Deaths due to Injury

All injury deaths 2003 (Northern Ireland 2002):

There were 21,745 deaths due to injury in Britain and Ireland, split as follows:

The Republic of Ireland, (38.0 per 100,000 population), Scotland (37.4), Northern Ireland (34.2), Wales (32.7), the North West (31.7) and the East Midlands (29.6) had statistically significantly higher age-standardised mortality rates due to injury compared to the England average (27.2). London (24.5) had a significantly lower rate than the England average.

All injury deaths trend 1996 to 2003 (to 2002 in Northern Ireland):

The number of deaths due to injury in Britain and Ireland increased by 6% from 1996 (20,431 deaths) to 2003.

The Republic of Ireland consistently had the highest age-standardised mortality rate between 1996 and 2003, and Scotland consistently had the second highest rate. The former showed more variation, with a 20% reduction in rate since a peak in 1998. Northern Ireland consistently had the 3rd highest rate and Wales the 4th highest rate, however in some years the rates have been almost the same. There appears to have been only small variations in the overall England rate throughout the time period. The North West region consistently had the highest rate in England.

Comparing 1996 and 2003 rates, several English regions observed an increase, but only the West Midlands significantly increased (+10%). The England rate as a whole only increased by 1%. Wales also observed little change with a 0.4% reduction. There were also rate reductions in Northern Ireland (-5%) and other regions, with significant reductions in the Republic of Ireland (-9%), the South West region (-9%) and Scotland (-6%).