TABLE 4

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

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

YEAR: 1999 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	4	25	35	79	207	181	285	335	149	89	55	39	13
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	3	12	13	5	2	2	5	1	5	2	2	1	1
Fall	67	188	220	183	261	235	600	1142	1381	1500	2948	6306	6027
Hot object/substance	19	54	12	10	10	15	44	50	38	32	32	36	12
Other: Fire/Flames	4	11	21	12	26	17	46	62	45	24	19	9	4
Firearm	.	.	5	27	125	111	102	49	32	10	8	3	1
Machinery	.	9	10	11	28	59	84	100	78	48	26	20	2
Occupant-traffic	6	24	52	77	598	449	576	531	412	274	296	337	98
Motorcyclist-traffic	.	.	.	4	45	83	150	159	96	34	10	2	2
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	.	.	15	30	8	7	7	11	15	4	3	4	.
Pedestrian-traffic	1	32	69	34	33	17	54	51	38	26	29	37	15
Other - traffic	.	.	.	4	30	20	44	32	23	17	19	27	11
Unspecified-traffic	1	1	.	3	8	6	5	9	4	2	3	4	.
Other pedal cycle	.	11	65	77	39	8	31	48	50	33	28	9	.
Other pedestrian	.	7	4	4	5	6	11	6	6	3	1	1	5
Other transport	.	9	24	63	111	91	158	176	128	56	57	45	28
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	3	8	6	22	14	13	34	60	61	42	55	79	52
Bites/stings	3	46	37	21	10	16	50	52	65	48	47	29	10
Overexertion	.	8	8	27	101	52	191	229	213	177	204	181	99
Poisoning	38	204	25	156	637	421	945	1199	663	262	207	213	112
Struck by/against	6	49	65	110	256	159	269	335	207	96	90	89	64
Suffocation	20	33	5	10	7	11	14	22	27	19	60	88	58
Other-Spec/Classifiable	70	88	56	80	157	129	317	504	424	303	323	378	203
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	20	24	24	50	133	105	241	299	212	132	93	98	59
Unspecified	41	28	19	49	105	103	217	353	352	285	383	511	336
All	306	871	790	1148	2956	2316	4480	5815	4724	3518	4998	8546	7212