Table 35

Population
Casualties

Population estimates, number of casualties and casualty rates per thousand population by age groups
Years: 1981-85 average⁽¹⁾, 1995 to 1999

Year

0-4

5-11

12-15

16-22

23-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

All Ages⁽²⁾

Population

thousands

1981-1985average

324.7

471.8

338.0

628.5

535.8

687.7

584.3

577.7

505.6

502.2

5,156.4

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

1999

294.8

455.6

257.9

450.0

488.2

821.8

695.5

611.9

494.3

549.3

5,119.2

Percentage change:

1999 on 1981-85 ave

-9.2

-3.4

-23.7

-28.4

-8.9

19.5

19.0

5.9

-2.2

9.4

-0.7

Casualties

numbers

1981-1985average

703

2,406

1,772

7,635

3,790

3,261

2,384

2,094

1,583

1,515

27,142

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

1,189

4,169

3,501

4,242

2,615

1,910

1,246

1,248

22,467

1999

475

1,651

1,067

3,965

3,179

4,009

2,552

1,745

1,119

1,171

20,976

Percentage change:1999 on 1981-85 ave

-32.4

-31.4

-39.8

-48.1

-16.1

22.9

7.1

-16.7

-29.3

-22.7

-22.7

Percent of total casualties

percentages

1981-1985average

2.6

8.9

6.5

28.1

14.0

12.0

8.8

7.7

5.8

5.6

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

1999

2.3

7.9

5.1

18.9

15.2

19.1

12.2

8.3

5.3

5.6

100.0

Percentage change:1999 on 1981-85 ave

-12.6

-11.2

-22.1

-32.8

8.5

59.1

38.5

7.8

-8.5

0.0

0.0

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

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

1999

1.6

3.6

4.1

8.8

6.5

4.9

3.7

2.9

2.3

2.1

4.1

Percentage change:1999 on 1981-85 ave

-25.6

-28.9

-21.1

-27.5

-7.9

2.9

-10.0

-21.3

-27.7

-29.3

-22.2