TABLE 5
WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT
HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE BY AGE GROUP - PERCENT
YEAR: 1995 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 0.3 2.7 2.3 4.6 10.6 14.0 28.1 18.5 7.5 4.7 2.8 2.9 1.2
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion 2.4 14.1 17.6 10.6 9.4 1.2 5.9 14.1 10.6 3.5 4.7 3.5 2.4
Fall 0.4 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.7 4.3 6.0 6.4 7.6 15.2 27.9 25.1
Hot object/substance 4.9 16.6 2.3 1.3 3.3 5.1 16.4 13.0 10.2 9.5 8.7 4.6 4.1
Other: Fire/Flames 0.9 8.3 4.1 5.0 7.7 8.9 13.6 17.2 10.7 5.9 7.1 7.7 3.0
Firearm 0.3 0.5 1.1 4.7 23.3 21.7 25.7 15.4 4.1 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.2
Machinery . 1.7 0.8 1.7 8.6 8.7 21.1 21.8 15.7 9.6 7.7 2.0 0.8
Occupant-traffic 0.3 1.3 1.6 2.7 15.8 13.1 18.0 14.9 9.4 6.5 7.4 7.0 2.1
Motorcyclist-traffic . . 0.2 1.5 6.7 12.9 31.8 26.1 13.7 5.5 1.0 0.7 .
Pedal Cyclist-traffic . 0.7 17.3 28.8 10.8 5.8 12.2 12.9 3.6 2.9 2.2 2.9 .
Pedestrian-traffic . 7.1 12.9 9.2 7.3 6.7 11.9 12.1 9.8 8.1 6.9 6.5 1.3
Other - traffic . . . 0.4 9.7 9.7 20.2 19.8 13.2 8.9 9.3 7.4 1.6
Unspecified-traffic . 2.5 2.5 12.7 21.5 11.4 11.4 11.4 10.1 3.8 6.3 3.8 2.5
Other pedal cycle . 1.0 20.4 25.2 12.1 2.1 8.1 11.4 8.3 5.7 4.0 1.4 0.2
Other pedestrian . 16.9 8.5 9.9 7.0 5.6 9.9 8.5 11.3 9.9 4.2 5.6 2.8
Other transport . 1.0 3.4 7.9 11.6 10.5 24.7 16.2 9.5 5.9 3.5 3.7 2.0
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting 1.2 2.0 1.4 2.2 3.1 3.1 7.6 9.5 8.9 10.4 16.2 19.3 15.0
Bites/stings 0.6 12.9 9.2 6.5 3.3 4.7 10.4 12.9 10.4 8.4 10.4 8.4 2.0
Overexertion 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.5 11.5 6.6 15.8 18.9 12.0 11.4 8.8 7.9 3.7
Poisoning 0.6 5.8 0.8 4.7 14.6 10.4 22.6 20.4 7.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 1.3
Struck by/against 0.2 2.3 3.4 7.0 14.2 10.0 21.2 19.0 9.2 4.8 3.4 3.4 2.0
Suffocation 5.9 6.3 1.8 2.3 1.6 3.8 5.0 6.5 6.3 8.8 17.8 21.4 12.6
Other-Spec/Classifiable 3.4 3.4 2.3 3.8 5.5 6.0 15.8 16.7 11.1 7.6 9.6 9.8 4.8
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable 0.8 0.5 1.4 3.6 9.1 9.3 19.5 20.5 11.8 6.8 7.8 6.1 2.7
Unspecified 1.4 1.1 0.7 2.0 4.4 3.9 13.4 15.0 10.6 10.5 12.7 15.7 8.7
All 0.7 2.3 1.9 3.1 7.0 6.0 12.7 12.6 8.3 7.1 10.4 15.6 12.4