TABLE 1

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE OF INJURY

YEAR: 2001 LOCALE: ENTIRE STATE

(Non-Injury cases, cases involving medication problems and those cases with missing data are excluded from tables)

Max Injury Severity is the Highest Abbreviated Injury Score for any body region

	Injured Persons		Charges	Charges	Hospital Days	Hospital Days	Max Injury Severity
	#	%	Average	Sum	Average	Sum	Average
CAUSE	1604	3.3	8325	13352968	4.8	7687	1.3
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	48	0.1	11173	536321	3.1	147	0.4
Fall	22475	45.5	13298	298880396	5.2	116220	2.0
Hot object/substance	355	0.7	20171	7160650	7.2	2565	1.2
Other: Fire/Flames	292	0.6	39905	11652203	12.4	3627	1.4
Firearm	395	0.8	25941	10246881	5.6	2216	2.4
Machinery	401	0.8	16357	6559056	4.2	1687	2.1
Occupant-traffic	3306	6.7	22449	74214842	5.9	19409	2.3
Motorcyclist-traffic	609	1.2	29003	17662795	7.9	4836	2.7
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	85	0.2	20726	1761687	5.9	502	2.5
Pedestrian-traffic	365	0.7	28230	10303881	7.9	2877	2.5
Other - traffic	240	0.5	26036	6248681	11.2	2698	2.4
Unspecified-traffic	46	0.1	22783	1048038	9.7	446	2.0
Other pedal cycle	338	0.7	9523	3218635	3.0	1018	2.3
Other pedestrian	58	0.1	15636	906888	5.6	325	1.9
Other transport	943	1.9	14537	13708665	4.1	3905	2.3
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	448	0.9	10203	4570821	4.4	1961	0.6
Bites/stings	488	1.0	8872	4329591	3.2	1554	0.5
Overexertion	1359	2.8	8520	11578207	3.1	4161	1.7
Poisoning	5497	11.1	6658	36599590	2.9	15962	0.1
Struck by/against	1945	3.9	11610	22581946	5.5	10681	1.8
Suffocation	429	0.9	24307	10427639	7.8	3325	0.1
Other-Spec/Classifiable	3036	6.2	18226	55333536	7.7	23501	0.3
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	1515	3.1	15205	23035779	7.0	10658	0.4
Unspecified	3071	6.2	14831	45545784	5.8	17792	1.3
All	49348	100.0	14012	691465480	5.3	259760	1.6