All unintentional deaths due to injury

Unintentional injury deaths 2003 (Northern Ireland 2002):

There were 14,212 unintentional deaths due to injury in Britain and Ireland, split as follows:

Unintentional deaths comprised 65% of all deaths due to injury in Britain and Ireland. This excludes those recorded as being due to undetermined cause, suicide, homicide, legal intervention or military action. The percentage ranged from 56% in London to 71% in the West Midlands, with country percentages as follows: Republic of Ireland 61%; Northern Ireland 66%; Scotland 60%; Wales 64% and England 67%.
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The Republic of Ireland (23.2 per 100,000 population), Northern Ireland (21.8), Scotland (20.3), the North West (19.7), East Midlands (19.2), Wales (18.9) and West Midlands (18.2) also had significantly higher age-standardised mortality rates due to unintentional injury compared to the England average (16.8). London had a significantly lower rate compared to all the other regions (13.4).

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

The number of unintentional injury deaths in Britain and Ireland increased by 8% from 1996 (13,117 deaths) to 2003.

Several English regions observed an increase in age-standardised mortality rate between 1996 and 2003, but only the West Midlands had a significant increase (+16%). The England rate as a whole only increased by 2%. There were rate reductions in Northern Ireland (-9%), Scotland (-5%) and other regions, with significant reductions in the Republic of Ireland (-21%), Wales (-12%) and the South West region (-10%).