TABLE 4

WISCONSIN CODES PROJECT

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

YEAR: 2000 LOCALE: ENTIRE STATE

(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	21	25	74	237	161	300	268	161	59	39	37	13
Cut/pierce
Drown/submersion	2	11	5	1	3	3	6	2	6	3	.	.	.
Fall	72	202	236	164	216	230	558	1089	1323	1498	2810	6183	6104
Hot object/substance	23	83	8	4	12	14	34	39	39	33	23	26	18
Other: Fire/Flames	2	14	12	12	21	20	38	49	33	20	19	18	9
Firearm	.	1	4	12	87	74	107	46	44	9	5	1	2
Machinery	.	9	4	10	28	38	72	112	84	52	29	17	5
Occupant-traffic	9	25	55	65	550	357	518	525	449	259	257	317	101
Motorcyclist-traffic	.	.	1	4	30	45	137	183	132	36	14	6	2
Pedal Cyclist-traffic	.	2	10	18	12	5	10	12	13	7	11	4	1
Pedestrian-traffic	.	24	33	23	34	22	33	49	53	22	22	29	11
Other - traffic	.	.	.	1	23	32	32	40	38	13	18	21	7
Unspecified-traffic	.	.	2	2	12	1	6	15	4	4	.	1	.
Other pedal cycle	.	9	63	80	39	21	22	46	35	28	14	10	5
Other pedestrian	.	6	5	3	8	1	6	9	2	3	3	7	4
Other transport	.	6	21	75	119	90	160	188	129	63	43	28	17
Natural/Environm,excl bite/sting	4	10	8	9	18	11	35	55	39	38	43	54	35
Bites/stings	7	44	29	17	16	19	51	72	66	51	39	32	10
Overexertion	2	3	3	23	76	47	172	240	172	162	171	177	94
Poisoning	36	182	26	169	766	380	910	1231	701	246	232	235	92
Struck by/against	15	40	57	113	234	160	247	331	175	102	102	95	63
Suffocation	19	17	3	5	16	6	18	24	30	35	64	75	51
Other-Spec/Classifiable	57	82	44	53	164	142	344	487	427	312	305	340	176
Other-Spec/Not Classifiable	17	23	18	59	125	84	212	263	201	110	80	111	52
Unspecified	35	24	16	34	108	85	186	360	342	290	366	563	377
All	306	838	688	1030	2954	2048	4214	5735	4698	3455	4709	8387	7249