TABLE 1

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE OF INJURY

YEAR: 1999 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	1496	3.1	7262	10864147	4.6	6873	1.4
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	54	0.1	14054	758911	3.2	172	2.1
Fall	21058	44.2	11068	233064131	5.4	113822	2.4
Hot object/substance	364	0.8	18364	6684344	7.4	2685	1.5
Other: Fire/Flames	300	0.6	46823	14046906	12.5	3746	1.7
Firearm	473	1.0	21705	10266598	5.7	2699	2.5
Machinery	475	1.0	14857	7057123	4.6	2179	2.0
Occupant-traffic	3730	7.8	19684	73422355	6.6	24517	2.5
Motorcyclist-traffic	585	1.2	23582	13795315	7.6	4441	2.8
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	104	0.2	15201	1580878	4.5	463	2.7
Pedestrian-traffic	436	0.9	20826	9080071	7.1	3085	2.6
Other - traffic	227	0.5	16065	3646670	7.9	1796	2.3
Unspecified-traffic	46	0.1	13404	616591	4.9	227	2.7
Other pedal cycle	399	0.8	10036	4004201	4.1	1649	2.4
Other pedestrian	59	0.1	14567	859455	6.1	359	2.4
Other transport	946	2.0	12517	11841111	4.6	4325	2.4
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	449	0.9	10498	4713571	5.1	2288	2.2
Bites/stings	434	0.9	6427	2789459	5.3	2302	1.1
Overexertion	1490	3.1	7755	11554414	3.6	5393	1.6
Poisoning	5082	10.7	5827	29614209	3.0	15445	1.7
Struck by/against	1795	3.8	9551	17143698	4.2	7479	2.0
Suffocation	374	0.8	21037	7867771	7.8	2918	2.1
Other-Spec/Classifiable	3032	6.4	14993	45460053	8.1	24522	2.0
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	1490	3.1	13127	19559108	7.4	11019	1.7
Unspecified	2782	5.8	11096	30870292	6.1	16950	1.7
All	47680	100.0	11979	571161377	5.5	261354	2.3