TABLE 1

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE OF INJURY

YEAR: 1996 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	1624	3.3	6116	9932244	4.7	7574	1.4
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	47	0.1	9606	451494	4.1	193	3.0
Fall	21254	43.0	9666	205443999	5.6	119196	2.4
Hot object/substance	403	0.8	11172	4502235	6.3	2549	1.5
Other: Fire/Flames	342	0.7	34712	11871539	10.8	3682	1.7
Firearm	550	1.1	21198	11658884	8.0	4425	2.5
Machinery	603	1.2	13944	8408037	4.7	2839	2.0
Occupant-traffic	4338	8.8	17555	76152480	7.3	31567	2.5
Motorcyclist-traffic	639	1.3	19273	12315606	8.2	5219	2.7
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	142	0.3	18650	2648365	8.0	1132	2.7
Pedestrian-traffic	488	1.0	21022	10258973	8.5	4163	2.6
Other - traffic	271	0.5	12761	3458281	6.6	1781	2.3
Unspecified-traffic	50	0.1	23887	1194351	10.9	543	2.5
Other pedal cycle	409	0.8	6570	2687294	2.9	1186	2.2
Other pedestrian	71	0.1	14091	1000461	6.0	425	2.6
Other transport	751	1.5	11749	8823264	5.2	3895	2.5
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	397	0.8	8761	3478281	5.2	2084	2.1
Bites/stings	464	0.9	4038	1873719	2.7	1232	1.1
Overexertion	2002	4.1	5928	11868521	2.7	5488	1.6
Poisoning	5417	11.0	4968	26910875	3.2	17445	1.7
Struck by/against	2256	4.6	7605	17156497	4.1	9149	2.0
Suffocation	506	1.0	22349	11308828	9.1	4601	1.5
Other-Spec/Classifiable	2423	4.9	12497	30280123	8.0	19487	2.0
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	1301	2.6	9707	12628182	6.6	8593	1.7
Unspecified	2681	5.4	9310	24961002	6.2	16534	1.7
All	49429	100.0	10344	511273533	5.6	274982	2.2