| TABLE 5 |
| WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT |
| HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE BY AGE GROUP - PERCENT |
| 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 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 22.1 | 20.7 | 9.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| Cut/pierce | |||||||||||||
| Drown/submersion | 6.1 | 28.8 | 22.7 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 | . |
| Fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 14.4 | 29.2 | 27.6 |
| Hot object/substance | 5.1 | 20.8 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 14.2 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 2.8 |
| Other: Fire/Flames | 0.7 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 12.7 | 19.9 | 13.0 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 2.1 |
| Firearm | . | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 27.6 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Machinery | . | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 22.5 | 24.6 | 14.5 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 0.4 |
| Occupant-traffic | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 2.9 |
| Motorcyclist-traffic | . | . | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 10.3 | 24.0 | 28.9 | 19.8 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 0.3 | . |
| Pedal Cyclist-traffic | . | . | 21.8 | 29.8 | 10.5 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 4.0 | . | . |
| Pedestrian-traffic | . | 7.2 | 15.5 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 |
| Other - traffic | . | . | . | 1.8 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 12.7 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 3.5 |
| Unspecified-traffic | . | 1.4 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 18.8 | 14.5 | 24.6 | 17.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Other pedal cycle | . | 2.0 | 18.6 | 20.5 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 15.1 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Other pedestrian | 1.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 18.0 | 19.7 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 1.6 |
| Other transport | . | 0.8 | 2.8 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 20.6 | 16.8 | 12.6 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.3 |
| Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting | 1.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 16.5 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 10.3 |
| Bites/stings | 0.9 | 9.9 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 2.4 |
| Overexertion | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 14.0 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 4.5 |
| Poisoning | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 13.7 | 9.2 | 18.9 | 22.9 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 1.6 |
| Struck by/against | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 13.0 | 9.1 | 15.7 | 18.9 | 10.6 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 2.5 |
| Suffocation | 6.1 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 15.0 | 21.0 | 12.7 |
| Other-Spec/Classifiable | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 12.2 | 16.6 | 13.3 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 12.8 | 6.0 |
| Other-Spec/Not Classifiable | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 17.5 | 21.5 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 2.9 |
| Unspecified | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 13.9 | 17.4 | 10.5 |
| Medical care | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 14.7 | 23.6 | 22.0 | 6.4 |
| Drugs | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 13.0 | 22.5 | 24.3 | 10.7 |
| All | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 15.5 | 19.9 | 12.2 |