Table 35

Population

Casualties

Population estimates, number of casualties and casualty rates per thousand population by age groups
Years: 1981-85 average⁽¹⁾, 1994 to 1998

Year

0-4

5-11

12-15

16-22

23-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

All Ages

Population

thousands

1981-1985

average

324.7

471.8

338.0

628.5

535.8

687.7

584.3

577.7

505.6

502.2

5,156.4

1994

324.3

453.3

260.7

466.2

576.4

781.6

676.5

560.1

499.6

533.7

5,132.4

1995

321.4

453.3

261.1

456.1

564.4

798.1

685.2

561.8

497.5

537.8

5,136.6

1996

313.9

456.3

257.8

450.5

549.2

806.2

693.6

564.9

494.5

541.1

5,128.0

1997

306.7

458.8

255.2

450.1

528.1

814.2

686.2

586.0

493.5

543.8

5,122.5

1998

300.8

457.2

256.2

449.5

506.8

819.7

688.1

600.5

494.5

546.8

5,120.0

Percentage change:

1998 on 1981-85 ave

-7.4

-3.1

-24.2

-28.5

-5.4

19.2

17.8

4.0

-2.2

8.9

-0.7

Casualties

numbers

1981-1985

average

703

2,406

1,772

7,635

3,790

3,261

2,384

2,094

1,583

1,515

27,142

1994

590

2,088

1,485

4,511

3,738

3,539

2,489

1,625

1,205

1,303

22,573

1995

583

1,978

1,374

4,274

3,717

3,718

2,340

1,639

1,269

1,302

22,194

1996

569

1,946

1,312

4,262

3,505

3,655

2,307

1,613

1,207

1,339

21,715

1997

619

1,867

1,312

4,314

3,781

4,022

2,480

1,734

1,199

1,301

22,629

1998

514

1,833

1,188

4,167

3,499

4,241

2,612

1,910

1,245

1,248

22,457

Percentage change:

1998 on 1981-85 ave

-26.9

-23.8

-33.0

-45.4

-7.7

30.1

9.6

-8.8

-21.3

-17.6

-17.3

Percent of total casualties

percentages

1981-1985

average

2.6

8.9

6.5

28.1

14.0

12.0

8.8

7.7

5.8

5.6

100.0

1994

2.6

9.2

6.6

20.0

16.6

15.7

11.0

7.2

5.3

5.8

100.0

1995

2.6

8.9

6.2

19.3

16.7

16.8

10.5

7.4

5.7

5.9

100.0

1996

2.6

9.0

6.0

19.6

16.1

16.8

10.6

7.4

5.6

6.2

100.0

1997

2.7

8.3

5.8

19.1

16.7

17.8

11.0

7.7

5.3

5.7

100.0

1998

2.3

8.2

5.3

18.6

15.6

18.9

11.6

8.5

5.5

5.6

100.0

Percentage change:

1998 on 1981-85 ave

-11.6

-7.9

-19.0

-34.0

11.6

57.2

32.4

10.3

-4.9

-0.4

-

Casualty rates

rates per thousand population

1981-1985

average

2.2

5.1

5.2

12.1

7.1

4.7

4.1

3.6

3.1

3.0

5.3

1994

1.8

4.6

5.7

9.7

6.5

4.5

3.7

2.9

2.4

2.4

4.4

1995

1.8

4.4

5.3

9.4

6.6

4.7

3.4

2.9

2.6

2.4

4.3

1996

1.8

4.3

5.1

9.5

6.4

4.5

3.3

2.9

2.4

2.5

4.2

1997

2.0

4.1

5.1

9.6

7.2

4.9

3.6

3.0

2.4

2.4

4.4

1998

1.7

4.0

4.6

9.3

6.9

5.2

3.8

3.2

2.5

2.3

4.4

Percentage change:

1998 on 1981-85 ave

-21.1

-21.4

-11.6

-23.7

-2.4

9.1

-6.9

-12.2

-19.6

-24.3

-16.7