TABLE 1

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

HOSPITAL E-CODE REPORT: CAUSE OF INJURY

YEAR: 2000 LOCALE: ENTIRE STATE

(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	1457	3.1	7074	10306650	4.3	6329	1.5
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	42	0.1	14069	590901	5.3	223	0.4
Fall	20744	44.3	11966	248223525	5.2	108737	2.2
Hot object/substance	358	0.8	15893	5689668	7.1	2533	1.3
Other: Fire/Flames	269	0.6	43084	11589618	13.2	3545	1.3
Firearm	414	0.9	27272	11290521	6.9	2865	2.6
Machinery	467	1.0	17229	8046175	4.6	2149	2.0
Occupant-traffic	3606	7.7	21195	76428365	6.3	22718	2.5
Motorcyclist-traffic	604	1.3	25515	15410976	7.3	4439	2.7
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	106	0.2	14486	1535557	4.7	501	2.6
Pedestrian-traffic	364	0.8	23911	8703537	7.6	2750	2.6
Other - traffic	231	0.5	19395	4480200	9.8	2275	2.4
Unspecified-traffic	47	0.1	14351	674518	5.0	234	2.4
Other pedal cycle	375	0.8	9027	3384948	3.6	1359	2.4
Other pedestrian	58	0.1	12788	741725	4.4	258	2.2
Other transport	967	2.1	14017	13554037	4.4	4223	2.5
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	365	0.8	11464	4184278	4.9	1799	0.9
Bites/stings	454	1.0	5118	2323704	3.3	1509	0.7
Overexertion	1351	2.9	8318	11238048	3.4	4546	1.8
Poisoning	5323	11.4	6219	33105547	3.0	15782	0.1
Struck by/against	1770	3.8	10867	19234446	4.7	8327	2.0
Suffocation	363	0.8	29019	10533785	9.3	3391	0.1
Other-Spec/Classifiable	2963	6.3	17136	50773069	8.3	24494	0.4
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	1379	2.9	13902	19170628	8.0	10971	0.6
Unspecified	2800	6.0	12856	35996343	5.7	15958	1.5
All	46877	100.0	12953	607210769	5.4	251915	1.7