TABLE 1

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE OF INJURY

YEAR: 1997 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	1594	3.3	6544	10430647	4.2	6709	1.4
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	61	0.1	14018	855117	4.3	264	3.0
Fall	21594	44.3	9807	211774752	5.5	117925	2.4
Hot object/substance	339	0.7	15470	5244398	7.5	2546	1.4
Other: Fire/Flames	291	0.6	42350	12323714	12.5	3644	1.7
Firearm	505	1.0	21386	10800118	7.4	3754	2.4
Machinery	479	1.0	12623	6046252	4.3	2073	2.0
Occupant-traffic	3941	8.1	17950	70742838	7.1	28005	2.5
Motorcyclist-traffic	537	1.1	21098	11329846	8.5	4544	2.8
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	115	0.2	15776	1814240	7.0	803	2.7
Pedestrian-traffic	498	1.0	19917	9918893	8.0	4003	2.6
Other - traffic	226	0.5	19134	4324290	13.9	3152	2.3
Unspecified-traffic	53	0.1	13869	735043	6.3	332	2.6
Other pedal cycle	386	0.8	8051	3107853	3.9	1498	2.4
Other pedestrian	76	0.2	16966	1289386	6.5	491	2.5
Other transport	958	2.0	11920	11419051	5.1	4907	2.5
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	363	0.7	8803	3195424	5.0	1801	1.9
Bites/stings	475	1.0	4940	2346512	4.5	2147	1.1
Overexertion	1809	3.7	6184	11187721	3.0	5350	1.6
Poisoning	5435	11.2	4984	27089472	3.0	16433	1.6
Struck by/against	2033	4.2	8316	16907145	4.1	8360	2.0
Suffocation	336	0.7	21675	7282741	8.8	2972	1.5
Other-Spec/Classifiable	2798	5.7	13793	38592605	7.8	21763	2.0
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	1200	2.5	11242	13490530	8.1	9703	1.5
Unspecified	2604	5.3	9572	24926539	5.8	15107	1.8
All	48706	100.0	10618	517175125	5.5	268286	2.2