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Table 2 Respiratory infections, morbidity and mortality rates compared by age groups and ethnicity. Directly standardized rates per 1,000. Ninth Region of Araucanía, Chile 2003 *

From: Poverty determinants of acute respiratory infections among Mapuche indigenous peoples in Chile's Ninth Region of Araucania, using GIS and spatial statistics to identify health disparities

   

Mapuche

C.I. 95%

 

Non-Mapuche

C.I. 95%

 
 

Age Groups

Rates

Lower

Upper

Rates

Lower

Upper

RR

Morbidity

< 5

91.7

86.2

97.4

75.1

72.7

77.6

1.22

N = 14,394

5 – 14

11.0

9.8

12.3

13.5

12.8

14.2

0.82

 

15 – 29

2.6

2.2

3.1

3.4

3.1

3.7

0.77

 

30 – 44

3.9

3.2

4.6

3.9

3.6

4.3

0.98

 

45 – 59

8.6

7.3

10.1

7.5

6.9

8.1

1.14

 

60 – 69

29.2

24.9

34.0

19.3

17.9

20.8

1.51

 

70 – 79

57.1

49.3

65.7

49.4

46.6

52.3

1.16

 

80 >

96.2

83.9

109.9

100.8

95.1

106.7

0.95

Mortality

< 5

0.39

0.06

1.26

0.18

0.08

0.34

2.20

N = 259

5 – 14

0.00

0.00

0.19

0.00

0.00

0.06

.

 

15 – 29

0.02

0.00

0.14

0.01

0.00

0.03

4.17

 

30 – 44

0.00

0.00

0.19

0.04

0.01

0.08

0.00

 

45 – 59

0.11

0.03

0.32

0.06

0.02

0.13

1.98

 

60 – 69

0.61

0.17

1.55

0.36

0.21

0.59

1.67

 

70 – 79

2.00

0.75

4.29

1.33

0.93

1.84

1.50

 

80 >

22.07

14.51

32.18

8.14

6.62

9.91

2.71

  1. *Source: Own, based on Health Services Araucania North and South Hospital discharge records
  2. Respiratory infections, ICD-10 Codes, J00-J06, J10-J18, J20-J22, H65-H66