Injury Statistics (2000)
March 1, 2002 less than 1 minute read
Injury Statistics (2000)
Here are key findings of a report on nonfatal injuries treated in EDs during 2000:
• The top 10 causes of unintentional injury were falls, being struck on or against something, motor vehicle-related injuries, overexertion, cut/pierce/stab wounds, bites/stings (excluding dog bites), foreign bodies, fire/burns, dog bites, and machinery-related injuries.
• Falls were the leading cause of unintentional nonfatal injuries, accounting for an estimated 7,021,000 (24.4%) of unintentional injury-related ED visits.
• An estimated 3,299,000 persons were injured as an occupant in a motor vehicle crash.
• An estimated 389,000 persons were treated in EDs for dog bites.
• Sexual assault was the fourth-leading cause of violence-related, nonfatal injury-related ED visits; the nonfatal rate of sexual assault for females was 4.8 times higher than that for males.
• Approximately 150,000 persons were treated in EDs for poisoning-related suicide attempts.
Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, Washington, DC, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.
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