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Table 2 Health indicators of sampled population in Mitrovicë district, n = 6845.

From: Survivors of the war in the Northern Kosovo: violence exposure, risk factors and public health effects of an ethnic conflict

Age group

Male (n)

Female (n)

Total (%)

Age under 5

248

252

500 (7.3)

Aged 5-14

691

664

1355 (19.8)

Aged 15-64

2264

2236

4500 (65.7)

Age≥ 65

248

242

490 (7.2)

Total

3451

3394

6845 (100)

Mortality

No./Total

Deaths/1000/per year

Remarks

Crude mortality rate (10.2007-09.2008)

111/6845

16.2

13.9 deaths/1000/per year in Serbia in 2007: UN database

Under-five mortality rate (10.2007-09.2008)

8/500

16

8 deaths/1000/per year in Serbia in 2007: UN database

Mortality due to violent attack (10.2007-09.2008)

1/6845

0.15

 

Injury and pain experience (self-reported)

No./Total

% (95% CI)

Remarks

Injury within the preceding 12 months

328/6845

4.8 (4.29-5.30)

National-wide surveys: severe injury reported was 14.9% in 1999 and 5.9% in 2000 [3, 4]

Lifetime experience of violence-related injury

184/6845

2.7 (2.30-3.07)

 

Pain complaints within 2 weeks

1465/6845

21.4 (20.43-22.37)

 

Lifetime experience of torture

493/6845

7.2 (6.59-7.81)

National-wide surveys: 48.9% in 1999, 11.7% in 2000 and 10.9% in 2005 [3, 4, 13]