Table 3: Age- and sex-standardized mortality and admission to hospital rates for unintentional nonfire-related carbon monoxide poisoning in Canada, by site of carbon monoxide exposure
Exposure site MortalityAdmission to hospital
Rate*Total study period, 1981–2009Rate*Total study period, 1995–2010
19812009No. of eventsAverage annual rate*AAPC (95% CI)19952010No. of eventsAverage annual rate*AAPC (95% CI)
Home/residential1.940.669301.17–5.09
(–6.46 to –3.68)
2.651.599421.82–2.51
(–5.32 to 0.34)
Occupational0.270.081170.15–6.48
(–10.37 to –2.39)
1.220.172640.52–6.41
(–10.73 to –1.92)
Recreation/sports facility0.030.00230.03–13.07
(–19.38 to –6.29)
0.100.03190.04–23.05
(–35.51 to –8.23)
Public area0.500.061050.13–10.10
(–17.01 to –2.60)
0.170.08540.11–12.97
(–23.88 to –0.48)
Other/unknown0.360.146330.21–3.80
(–8.48 to 1.23)
1.330.667050.82–2.52
(–6.01 to 1.10)

Note: AAPC = average annual percent change, CI = confidence interval. Results that are statistically significantly different from zero are shown in boldface.
*Rates are reported per million population.