| TABLE 5 |
| WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT |
| HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE BY AGE GROUP - PERCENT |
| 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 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
| Cut/pierce | |||||||||||||
| Drown/submersion | 5.6 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Fall | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 14.0 | 29.9 | 28.6 |
| Hot object/substance | 5.2 | 14.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 3.3 |
| Other: Fire/Flames | 1.3 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 15.3 | 20.7 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 |
| Firearm | . | . | 1.1 | 5.7 | 26.4 | 23.5 | 21.6 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Machinery | . | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 12.4 | 17.7 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 10.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| Occupant-traffic | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 2.6 |
| Motorcyclist-traffic | . | . | . | 0.7 | 7.7 | 14.2 | 25.6 | 27.2 | 16.4 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Pedal Cyclist-traffic | . | . | 14.4 | 28.8 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 14.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.8 | . |
| Pedestrian-traffic | 0.2 | 7.3 | 15.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 3.4 |
| Other - traffic | . | . | . | 1.8 | 13.2 | 8.8 | 19.4 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 4.8 |
| Unspecified-traffic | 2.2 | 2.2 | . | 6.5 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 19.6 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 8.7 | . |
| Other pedal cycle | . | 2.8 | 16.3 | 19.3 | 9.8 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 2.3 | . |
| Other pedestrian | . | 11.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 18.6 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 8.5 |
| Other transport | . | 1.0 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 16.7 | 18.6 | 13.5 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 |
| Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 7.6 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 12.2 | 17.6 | 11.6 |
| Bites/stings | 0.7 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 2.3 |
| Overexertion | . | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 6.6 |
| Poisoning | 0.7 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 18.6 | 23.6 | 13.0 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
| Struck by/against | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 14.3 | 8.9 | 15.0 | 18.7 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| Suffocation | 5.3 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 16.0 | 23.5 | 15.5 |
| Other-Spec/Classifiable | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 10.5 | 16.6 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 6.7 |
| Other-Spec/Not Classifiable | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 16.2 | 20.1 | 14.2 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 4.0 |
| Unspecified | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 18.4 | 12.1 |
| All | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 12.2 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 10.5 | 17.9 | 15.1 |