TABLE 1

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE OF INJURY

YEAR: 1998 FOR: WISCONSIN

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

Max Severity is the Highest Abbreviated Injury Score for any body region

	Injured Persons		Total Charges	Total Charges	Length of Stay	Length of Stay	Max Severity
	#	%	Average	Sum	Average	Sum	Average
CAUSE	1496	1.9	7086	10600773	4.2	6322	1.4
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	66	0.1	21559	1422874	7.7	511	1.7
Fall	20707	26.1	10311	213519972	5.3	109585	2.4
Hot object/substance	351	0.4	16046	5632093	7.1	2495	1.4
Other: Fire/Flames	292	0.4	35587	10391461	10.5	3065	1.6
Firearm	492	0.6	23484	11554249	7.2	3554	2.5
Machinery	476	0.6	12754	6071135	4.5	2143	2.0
Occupant-traffic	3809	4.8	17474	66559643	6.5	24670	2.5
Motorcyclist-traffic	612	0.8	21603	13221155	7.8	4779	2.8
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	124	0.2	14971	1856446	6.2	767	2.7
Pedestrian-traffic	446	0.6	25050	11172447	8.7	3885	2.6
Other - traffic	228	0.3	14580	3324158	7.5	1710	2.3
Unspecified-traffic	69	0.1	19831	1368343	5.5	382	2.9
Other pedal cycle	404	0.5	7417	2996351	3.1	1263	2.3
Other pedestrian	61	0.1	13594	829211	6.0	366	2.4
Other transport	930	1.2	11211	10426678	4.8	4419	2.5
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	400	0.5	9593	3837261	5.0	2005	2.2
Bites/stings	463	0.6	4175	1933097	2.9	1327	1.1
Overexertion	1610	2.0	6643	10695114	3.2	5073	1.6
Poisoning	5022	6.3	5329	26760466	3.1	15513	1.6
Struck by/against	1984	2.5	8446	16757492	3.8	7580	2.0
Suffocation	347	0.4	19238	6675521	7.5	2619	1.6
Other-Spec/Classifiable	2946	3.7	14189	41801274	7.7	22678	2.1
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	1295	1.6	11254	14573652	6.6	8559	1.6
Unspecified	2697	3.4	10625	28655847	6.1	16357	1.7
Medical care	9932	12.5	21341	211959786	8.0	79050	2.2
Drugs	22092	27.8	14468	319618375	6.8	150539	2.0
All	79351	100.0	13285	1054214873	6.1	481216	2.2