Table 2: Mortality and admission to hospital rates for unintentional nonfire-related carbon monoxide poisoning in Canada, by age and sex
Age, yrMortalityAdmission to hospital
Rate*Overall study period, 1981–1999Rate*Overall study period, 1995–2010
19811999No. of eventsAverage annual rate*AAPC (95% CI)19952010No. of eventsAverage annual rate*AAPC (95% CI)
Female
≤ 140.040.0390.02–8.13
(–22.20 to 8.47)
0.380.11770.17–11.26
(–26.01 to 6.52)
15–240.180.03470.08–22.63
(–32.64 to –11.21)
0.290.09690.15–20.21
(–30.79 to –8.01)
25–340.040.01210.04–24.48
(–33.11 to –14.82)
0.410.08730.18–8.68
(–14.01 to –3.02)
35–440.050.12310.06–12.17
(–23.20 to 0.53)
0.360.03860.17–8.51
(–13.69 to –3.12)
45–540.040.03260.05–7.25
(–21.66 to 9.78)
0.260.08730.11–8.29
(–20.17 to 5.11)
55–640.040.01230.04–5.57
(–19.91 to 11.16)
0.170.08530.09–5.73
(–11.01 to –0.09)
65–740.050.03290.065.30
(–11.69 to 25.56)
0.170.11440.09–9.61
(–23.13 to 6.2)
≥ 750.100.01230.05–18.23
(–28.77 to –6.01)
0.160.06680.110.26
(–5.92 to 6.80)
Male
≤ 140.070.03230.04–10.32
(–25.61 to 8.13)
0.620.261330.29–5.31
(–9.18 to –1.30)
15–240.620.031570.27–12.72
(–16.11 to –9.22)
0.890.091500.32–9.44
(–15.39 to –3.00)
25–340.710.161980.40–9.31
(–12.48–-6.01)
0.600.692040.51–2.52
(–6.37 to 1.59)
35–440.460.422050.41–0.88
(–5.02 to 3.40)
0.850.272650.52–6.66
(–9.11 to –4.23)
45–540.430.311730.32–1.80
(–3.91 to 0.37)
0.920.282570.39–4.83
(–7.48 to –2.09)
55–640.290.091370.26–4.88
(–8.11 to –1.49)
0.550.182210.38–5.74
(–8.87 to –2.40)
65–740.230.09910.18–2.64
(–7.27 to 2.19)
0.160.201300.24–2.09
(–7.20 to 3.41)
≥ 750.150.17700.14–1.36
(–12.01 to 10.63)
0.320.08810.13–2.89
(–7.79 to 2.32)

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.