TABLE 4

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE BY AGE GROUP - NUMBER

YEAR: 1996 FOR: Wisconsin

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

	Age Group
	< 1	1-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+
	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
CAUSE	1	24	60	85	201	207	417	324	148	53	52	35	17
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	1	18	8	1	2	.	.	5	4	2	3	1	2
Fall	100	247	317	262	262	262	772	1186	1355	1598	3234	6135	5524
Hot object/substance	22	68	7	12	21	15	44	39	31	44	46	29	25
Other: Fire/Flames	4	11	16	14	34	24	61	56	33	17	36	29	7
Firearm	.	2	3	42	140	104	119	78	41	7	6	8	.
Machinery	.	11	7	18	37	48	118	125	101	58	49	31	.
Occupant-traffic	12	49	62	100	651	487	781	637	410	326	368	336	119
Motorcyclist-traffic	.	.	.	10	49	88	160	170	100	45	13	4	.
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	.	2	30	41	22	5	9	18	5	2	3	5	.
Pedestrian-traffic	2	36	83	42	44	29	50	56	39	27	32	33	15
Other - traffic	.	.	2	3	28	26	53	35	29	35	32	24	4
Unspecified-traffic	.	.	1	4	11	3	7	13	7	4	.	.	.
Other pedal cycle	.	6	76	88	46	20	42	51	23	21	24	11	1
Other pedestrian	.	6	4	6	10	2	11	9	10	3	7	3	.
Other transport	.	8	29	68	71	74	117	141	94	53	36	39	21
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	12	8	7	8	18	13	46	70	43	42	36	61	33
Bites/stings	10	63	42	37	20	19	53	51	56	41	33	31	8
Overexertion	1	4	5	57	184	119	309	377	247	192	220	193	94
Poisoning	34	322	46	238	744	490	1122	1221	519	189	204	215	73
Struck by/against	10	57	97	166	349	230	434	367	172	141	91	102	40
Suffocation	17	33	12	11	15	18	34	18	38	51	88	105	66
Other-Spec/Classifiable	58	66	71	63	146	144	359	367	284	221	269	233	142
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	13	11	22	65	106	82	225	270	193	100	89	91	34
Unspecified	29	34	19	45	129	90	255	382	318	285	389	417	289
All	326	1086	1026	1486	3340	2599	5598	6066	4300	3557	5360	8171	6514