Fatal injuries among urban children in South Africa: risk distribution and potential for reduction
Stephanie Burrows, Ashley van Niekerk & Lucie Laflamme
Volume 88, Number 4, April 2010, 267-272
Table 1. Distribution of the population aged 0–14 years and of all fatal injuries in children across sociodemographic groups for six South African cities,a 2001–2003
| Characteristic | Population |
All injury deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 1 654 421 (50.1) | 1139 (39.4) |
| Male | 1 646 769 (49.9) | 1750 (60.6) |
| Age in years | ||
| 0–4 | 1 078 110 (32.7) | 1318 (45.1) |
| 5–9 | 1 090 825 (33.0) | 822 (28.1) |
| 10–14 | 1 132 254 (34.3) | 783 (26.8) |
| Population groupc | ||
| Indian/Asian | 194 284 (5.9) | 70 (2.4) |
| White | 365 536 (11.1) | 151 (5.2) |
| Coloured | 587 940 (17.8) | 455 (15.7) |
| African | 2 153 429 (65.2) | 2221 (76.7) |
| Total | 3 301 190 (100) | 2923 (100) |
a Buffalo City, Cape Town, Durban, eThekwini, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela and Tshwane.
b Total numbers may vary across variables because of missing data for sex and population group.
c Classification by population group as used by the South African government.
Data sources: South African Census 2001;
11 National Injury Mortality Surveillance System, 2001–2003.