TABLE 3

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: INTENT BY CAUSE

YEAR: 2001 LOCALE: ENTIRE STATE

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

	INTENT
	Unintentional		Self-inflicted		Assault		Other
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
CAUSE	594	37.0	829	51.7	165	10.3	16	1.0
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	48	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fall	22438	99.8	15	0.1	5	0.0	17	0.1
Hot object/substance	346	97.5	6	1.7	3	0.8	.	.
Other: Fire/Flames	240	82.2	48	16.4	.	.	4	1.4
Firearm	95	24.1	30	7.6	224	56.7	46	11.6
Machinery	401	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Occupant-traffic	3306	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Motorcyclist-traffic	609	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	85	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pedestrian-traffic	365	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other - traffic	240	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Unspecified-traffic	28	60.9	14	30.4	3	6.5	1	2.2
Other pedal cycle	338	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other pedestrian	58	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other transport	943	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	440	98.2	7	1.6	.	.	1	0.2
Bites/stings	488	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Overexertion	1359	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Poisoning	1713	31.2	3455	62.9	6	0.1	323	5.9
Struck by/against	1360	69.9	.	.	561	28.8	24	1.2
Suffocation	376	87.6	48	11.2	3	0.7	2	0.5
Other-Spec/Classifiable	2805	92.4	7	0.2	223	7.3	1	0.0
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	781	51.6	343	22.6	217	14.3	174	11.5
Unspecified	2874	93.6	43	1.4	99	3.2	55	1.8
All	42330	85.8	4845	9.8	1509	3.1	664	1.3