TABLE 3

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: INTENT BY CAUSE

YEAR: 1999 FOR: Wisconsin

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

	INTENT
	Unintentional		Self-inflicted		Assault		Other
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
CAUSE	621	41.5	680	45.5	179	12.0	16	1.1
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	51	94.4	1	1.9	.	.	2	3.7
Fall	21023	99.8	15	0.1	4	0.0	16	0.1
Hot object/substance	352	96.7	6	1.6	5	1.4	1	0.3
Other: Fire/Flames	256	85.3	33	11.0	3	1.0	8	2.7
Firearm	157	33.2	49	10.4	229	48.4	38	8.0
Machinery	475	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Occupant-traffic	3730	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Motorcyclist-traffic	585	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	104	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pedestrian-traffic	436	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other - traffic	227	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Unspecified-traffic	40	87.0	5	10.9	1	2.2	.	.
Other pedal cycle	399	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other pedestrian	59	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other transport	946	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	443	98.7	4	0.9	.	.	2	0.4
Bites/stings	434	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Overexertion	1490	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Poisoning	1673	32.9	3127	61.5	5	0.1	277	5.5
Struck by/against	1252	69.7	.	.	531	29.6	12	0.7
Suffocation	328	87.7	37	9.9	2	0.5	7	1.9
Other-Spec/Classifiable	2889	95.3	6	0.2	135	4.5	2	0.1
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	787	52.8	301	20.2	250	16.8	152	10.2
Unspecified	2594	93.2	33	1.2	106	3.8	49	1.8
All	41351	86.7	4297	9.0	1450	3.0	582	1.2