TABLE 1

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE OF INJURY

YEAR: 1995 FOR: Wisconsin

(Non-Injury cases or those cases with missing data are excluded from tables)

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

	Injured Persons		Total Charges	Total Charges	Length of Stay	Length of Stay	Max Severity
	#	%	Average	Sum	Average	Sum	Average
CAUSE	1734	3.3	6508	11285551	5.0	8620	1.4
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	85	0.2	8611	731897	2.9	249	2.2
Fall	21598	41.7	9189	198471883	6.1	130670	2.3
Hot object/substance	391	0.8	13471	5267302	7.3	2857	1.4
Other: Fire/Flames	338	0.7	30939	10457333	10.8	3645	1.6
Firearm	635	1.2	20690	13137930	7.8	4977	2.5
Machinery	664	1.3	12860	8539052	4.8	3192	1.9
Occupant-traffic	4234	8.2	17163	72667173	7.6	32035	2.5
Motorcyclist-traffic	598	1.2	18649	11151879	7.7	4619	2.6
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	139	0.3	18176	2526521	8.2	1137	2.6
Pedestrian-traffic	520	1.0	20436	10626870	9.5	4961	2.5
Other - traffic	258	0.5	17390	4486557	10.8	2788	2.2
Unspecified-traffic	79	0.2	10578	835671	8.5	675	2.4
Other pedal cycle	421	0.8	6204	2611987	3.6	1498	2.3
Other pedestrian	71	0.1	6640	471468	3.9	275	2.2
Other transport	964	1.9	10681	10296069	5.2	5054	2.4
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	734	1.4	7814	5735269	5.1	3778	1.9
Bites/stings	490	0.9	3993	1956726	3.3	1633	1.1
Overexertion	2359	4.6	6333	14940415	3.3	7712	1.6
Poisoning	5763	11.1	4515	26022469	3.2	18610	1.6
Struck by/against	2351	4.5	7718	18144859	4.4	10283	1.9
Suffocation	444	0.9	21201	9413259	9.8	4349	1.6
Other-Spec/Classifiable	2592	5.0	11984	31062167	7.5	19515	2.0
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	1316	2.5	9346	12299771	6.4	8379	1.6
Unspecified	3000	5.8	9047	27140254	6.0	18045	1.7
All	51778	100.0	9855	510280331	5.8	299556	2.2