TABLE 4

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

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

YEAR: 1997 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	6	24	35	101	213	187	348	345	129	80	68	42	16
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	4	19	11	6	3	1	4	6	2	.	4	.	1
Fall	64	194	245	242	275	297	774	1345	1398	1581	3158	6263	5758
Hot object/substance	16	66	13	4	15	8	28	47	39	29	17	41	16
Other: Fire/Flames	3	20	12	18	15	27	38	53	28	21	23	27	6
Firearm	.	2	4	22	144	96	121	66	21	12	8	9	.
Machinery	.	8	9	13	34	39	105	97	81	40	27	23	3
Occupant-traffic	13	51	75	82	596	455	682	557	398	274	297	345	116
Motorcyclist-traffic	1	.	5	6	46	68	138	126	100	34	9	2	2
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	.	1	20	29	12	5	12	24	4	4	2	2	.
Pedestrian-traffic	.	35	66	49	41	27	50	57	47	27	44	47	8
Other - traffic	.	.	.	.	24	25	40	45	37	18	23	10	4
Unspecified-traffic	1	1	1	10	8	5	7	4	4	3	3	6	.
Other pedal cycle	.	11	63	93	27	20	40	54	37	16	19	5	1
Other pedestrian	.	3	3	5	5	2	12	12	8	3	9	12	2
Other transport	.	13	26	83	98	99	208	186	91	72	41	28	13
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	7	8	3	10	12	11	32	53	53	41	44	49	40
Bites/stings	1	60	38	35	27	22	46	66	49	47	38	33	13
Overexertion	1	3	7	39	147	100	252	331	261	183	191	193	101
Poisoning	39	282	42	222	717	457	1066	1297	587	231	213	201	81
Struck by/against	10	37	62	144	281	171	372	381	195	104	117	108	51
Suffocation	17	19	5	3	10	7	16	28	27	26	60	74	44
Other-Spec/Classifiable	58	71	65	98	132	142	403	489	323	221	298	344	154
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	9	12	21	38	121	66	194	277	168	98	93	80	23
Unspecified	43	25	17	44	116	86	243	387	314	288	342	435	264
All	293	965	848	1396	3119	2423	5231	6333	4401	3453	5148	8379	6717