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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 7a: Violent deaths per 1,000,000 youths aged 5 to 24, by type of death and country: Various years

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Country         Year    Total Accidents  Suicides Homicides    Other
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Argentina       1986      307       210        28        39       30
Australia       1988      415       301        87        20        6
Austria         1989      414       295       105         8        5
Canada          1988      378       269        88        13        8
Colombia        1984      575       309        34       208       23
Czechoslovakia   1989     232       172        44         7       10
Denmark          1988     284       200        64        11        9
Egypt            1987     356       156         0         2      197
Finland          1988     345       199       125         8       13
France           1988     342       269        51         6       17
Germany (East)   1989     355       184       142         6       23
Germany (West)   1989     281       207        59         7        9
Greece           1987     261       238        17         3        2
Hungary          1989     328       237        81         8        1
Ireland          1988     246       193        41         7        5
Israel           1987     205       144        20        13       29
Italy            1987     232       198        19         9        5
Japan            1989     207       153        42         4        8
Luxembourg       1989     436       309        96        21       11
Netherlands      1988     171       129        32         6        3
New Zealand      1987     565       427       108        22        8
Norway           1988     305       194        99         9        2
Poland           1989     331       263        41         6       20
Portugal         1989     386       287        24        10       64
Soviet Union     1988     544       426        64        35       19
Spain            1986     264       228        24         7        6
Switzerland      1989     412       268       105         9       30
United Kingdom   1989     235       164        36        11       23
United States    1988     481       315        72        86        8
Venezuela        1987     417       305        28        62       23
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NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 7 for details on this indicator's calculation and on the data collected by the World Health Organization.

SOURCE: World Health Organization, World Health Statistics Annual, 1990, Section D, Table 9.



Figure 7c Background Indicators Table 7b