TABLE 4

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

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

YEAR: 1998 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	25	50	82	185	184	331	310	140	65	65	33	20
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	4	19	15	4	5	1	6	3	4	1	3	1	.
Fall	83	207	278	207	245	250	637	1158	1353	1542	2983	6051	5713
Hot object/substance	18	73	15	10	13	13	50	35	26	29	22	37	10
Other: Fire/Flames	2	12	8	8	30	25	37	58	38	24	19	25	6
Firearm	.	4	4	21	136	110	108	69	18	14	2	5	1
Machinery	.	11	7	15	25	50	107	117	69	33	28	12	2
Occupant-traffic	7	36	62	73	592	414	559	588	350	291	336	392	109
Motorcyclist-traffic	.	.	1	3	25	63	147	177	121	55	18	2	.
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	.	.	27	37	13	6	10	15	9	2	5	.	.
Pedestrian-traffic	.	32	69	36	41	39	49	45	51	25	20	24	15
Other - traffic	.	.	.	4	18	27	45	44	29	14	19	20	8
Unspecified-traffic	.	1	1	4	13	10	17	12	4	4	1	1	1
Other pedal cycle	.	8	75	83	40	17	32	61	36	25	19	5	3
Other pedestrian	1	4	4	5	2	4	5	11	12	4	5	3	1
Other transport	.	7	26	75	96	84	192	156	117	63	42	51	21
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	4	11	8	11	8	11	28	66	52	46	51	63	41
Bites/stings	4	46	38	29	10	17	53	62	67	42	47	37	11
Overexertion	1	5	10	35	109	79	226	281	241	168	206	176	73
Poisoning	22	202	34	186	690	464	948	1151	585	243	214	201	82
Struck by/against	9	46	68	153	257	180	312	374	211	120	97	108	49
Suffocation	21	23	6	15	12	7	19	19	25	31	52	73	44
Other-Spec/Classifiable	61	79	55	105	143	148	359	488	393	280	282	376	177
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	18	26	13	47	114	88	227	279	168	99	98	80	38
Unspecified	37	36	17	32	91	86	237	405	348	281	376	469	282
Medical care	207	179	174	192	197	126	408	793	1034	1457	2344	2184	637
Drugs	153	210	206	211	312	301	1018	1743	2378	2862	4971	5369	2358
All	658	1302	1271	1683	3422	2804	6167	8520	7879	7820	12325	15798	9702