Death in 12–24-Year-Old Youth in Nova Scotia: High Risk of Preventable Deaths for Males, Socially Deprived and Rural Populations—A Report from the NSYOUTHS Program

Table 3

Death rates (per 100,000 youth) and adjusted Incidence-Rate Ratios (IRR) by cause group: avoidable deaths and other deaths (disease-related).

Variable	Death Rates						Incident Rate Ratios (IRR)
	Avoidable deaths						Avoidable deaths
	Injury		Self harm/suicide		Disease related		Injury		Self harm/suicide		Disease related
	Rate	95% CI	Rate	95% CI	Rate	95% CI	IRR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI
Gender
Female	10.3	8.3–12.8	1.9	1.1–3.1	12.4	10.1–15.0	1.0	—	1.0	—	1.0	—
Male	29.5	25.9–33.4	10.6	8.5–13.0	13.7	11.4–16.5	2.8	2.2–3.6	5.4	3.1–9.4	1.1	0.8–1.5
Urbanicity
Rural	26.9	23.2–31.0	7.9	5.9–10.2	13.0	10.5–16.0	1.7	1.4–2.2	1.2	0.8–1.8	0.9	0.7–1.3
Urban	15.3	12.9–18.1	5.4	4.0–7.2	13.6	11.3–16.3	1.0	—	1.0	—	1.0	—
SES
1 (low)	24.1	19.4–29.5	8.3	5.7–11.7	16.0	12.3–20.6	1.6	1.2–2.3	3.0	1.5–6.2	1.6	1.1–2.5
2	21.7	17.3–26.9	8.5	5.9–12.0	12.4	9.1–16.4	1.3	0.9–1.8	3.2	1.6–6.5	1.4	0.9–2.1
3	22.5	18.0–27.7	5.9	3.8–8.9	16.0	12.3–20.5	1.4	1.0–2.0	1.9	0.9–4.1	1.6	1.1–2.4
4 (high)	14.2	10.7–18.5	2.6	1.2–4.7	9.0	6.3–12.6	1.0	—	1.0	—	1.0	—
Age at death
12	2.3	0.5–6.7	1.5	0.2–5.6	6.9	3.2–13.1	1.0	—	1.0	—	1.0	—
13	10.0	5.3–17.1	1.5	0.2–5.6	6.2	2.7–12.2	6.0	1.3–26.7	1.0	0.1–7.1	0.8	0.3–2.1
14	4.6	1.7–10.1	3.1	0.8–7.9	10.8	5.9–18.2	3.0	0.6–14.8	2.0	0.4–11.0	1.4	0.6–3.4
15	13.2	7.7–21.1	2.3	0.5–6.8	14.0	8.3–22.1	8.5	2.0–36.7	1.0	0.1–7.1	1.8	0.8–4.0
16	16.3	10.1–24.9	7.7	3.7–14.2	10.1	5.4–17.2	10.5	2.5–44.7	5.0	1.1–22.9	1.4	0.6–3.4
17	22.5	15.1–32.3	6.2	2.7–12.2	13.2	7.7–21.1	13.0	3.1–54.8	4.0	0.9–18.8	1.7	0.7–3.8
18	28.7	20.2–39.5	6.2	2.7–12.2	16.3	10.1–24.9	17.0	4.1–70.9	4.0	0.9–18.8	2.2	1.0–4.9
19	36.4	26.7–48.4	5.4	2.2–11.2	18.6	11.9–27.6	23.2	5.6–95.5	3.5	0.7–16.8	2.6	1.2–5.5
20	27.0	18.8–37.6	11.6	6.5–19.1	22.4	15.0–32.2	17.2	4.1–71.7	7.5	1.7–32.9	3.0	1.4–6.4
21	20.9	13.8–30.3	5.4	2.2–11.1	19.3	12.5–28.5	13.4	3.2–56.5	2.5	0.5–13.0	2.7	1.3–5.8
22	25.4	17.5–35.7	13.1	7.6–21.0	11.6	6.5–19.1	15.7	3.8–65.8	8.1	1.9–35.4	1.6	0.7–3.6
23	29.2	20.7–40.1	6.2	2.7–12.1	6.9	3.2–13.1	18.0	4.3–74.9	3.6	0.7–17.2	1.1	0.4–2.5
24	23.7	16.1–33.6	11.5	6.4–18.9	13.8	8.1–21.7	16.4	3.9–68.4	6.1	1.4–27.2	1.9	0.8–4.2
Year of death
1995	20.5	14.3–28.6	5.9	2.8–10.8	8.8	4.9–14.5	1.0	—	1.0	—	1.0	—
1996	20.0	13.9–28.0	5.9	2.8–10.8	14.7	9.5–21.7	0.9	0.6–1.5	0.8	0.3–1.9	1.4	0.7–2.6
1997	23.1	16.4–31.6	7.7	4.1–13.2	11.9	7.2–18.3	1.0	0.6–1.6	1.0	0.5–2.4	1.1	0.6–2.2
1998	19.1	13.0–26.9	10.7	6.4–17.0	18.5	12.6–26.2	0.9	0.5–1.4	1.5	0.7–3.2	1.7	0.9–3.1
1999	19.1	13.1–27.0	6.0	2.9–11.0	8.4	4.6–14.0	0.8	0.5–1.4	0.9	0.4–2.1	0.8	0.4–1.6
2000	21.5	15.1–29.8	5.4	2.5–10.2	19.1	13.1–27.0	1.0	0.6–1.5	0.6	0.2–1.6	1.6	0.9–3.0
2001	16.8	11.1–24.2	5.4	2.5–10.2	14.4	9.2–21.4	0.7	0.4–1.2	0.6	0.2–1.6	1.2	0.6–2.4
2002	17.9	12.1–25.5	4.2	1.7–8.6	10.1	5.9–16.2	0.7	0.4–1.2	0.6	0.2–1.6	0.8	0.4–1.7
2003	15.4	10.1–22.6	8.3	4.5–14.0	13.7	8.7–20.5	0.7	0.4–1.2	1.1	0.5–2.6	1.2	0.6–2.3
2004	26.6	19.4–35.6	3.6	1.3–7.7	11.2	6.8–17.6	1.1	0.7–1.8	0.6	0.2–1.5	1.0	0.5–2.0