Injury and Poisoning Episodes and Conditions, by Age and Sex: 1997 statistics

[34,383 represents 34,383,000. Covers all medically attended injuries and poisonings occurring during the 3-month period prior to the survey interview. Data were age-adjusted by the direct method to the 2000 projected population. The age groups used to adjust are the same ones used in the age-specific analyses in this report: under 12 years, 12-21 years, 22-44 years, 45-64 years, 65-79 years, and 80 years and over. Age adjustment is used to adjust for differences in the age distribution of populations being compared. Age adjustment is often done when trends are being analyzed or when populations being compared are known to have different age distributions. The NCHS standard for age adjustment was recently changed from the 1940 standard to a 2000 standard. There may be more than one condition per episode. Based on the redesigned National Health Interview Survey, a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Data presented in this table are not comparable with injury data presented in previous editions]


		Both sexes					Both sexes		Male		Female
External cause									-		-
and nature		Total,		Under 12	12 to 21	22 to 44	45 to 64	65		Total,		Total,
of injury	Total	age-adjusted		years	years	years	years	years old	Total	age-adjusted	Total	age-adjusted
				old	old	old	old	and over

EPISODES
Number (1,000)	34,383	(X)		5,384	6,542	12,766	5,470	4,221	18,544	(X)	15,840	(X)
Annual rate per 1,000 population, total ¹	129.0	128.9		112.2	171.4	136.4	99.7	131.9	142.4	140.5	116.1	115.7
Fall	42.4	43.1		45.7	45.5	30.6	32.1	86.2	36.9	37.6	47.7	47.2
Struck by or against a person or an object	19.6	19.4		17.3	49.1	18.9	11.5	4.0	27.6	26.6	11.9	12.1
Transportation ²	16.7	16.5		8.6	23.8	22.9	11.2	11.5	19.3	18.9	14.1	14.1
Overexertion	13.9	13.9	³	2.4	12.3	20.3	17.6	7.8	15.1	14.9	12.7	12.7
Cutting, piercing instruments	10.0	9.9		8.0	15.4	13.4	5.5	4.4	13.3	12.9	6.9	6.8
Poisoning	7.3	7.2		13.0	5.6	6.7	5.5	5.4	6.9	6.7	7.7	7.7

CONDITIONS ⁴
Annual rate per 1,000 population, total ¹	153.6	153.7		118.9	197.3	167.5	120.7	169.1	168.5	167.0	139.3	138.5
Sprains/strains	38.6	38.5		8.7	58.4	52.0	36.7	24.0	39.9	39.3	37.3	37.4
Open wounds	29.3	29.0		41.9	40.5	29.0	14.1	24.1	40.3	39.2	18.8	18.6
Fractures	23.4	23.7		18.5	31.1	19.7	19.5	39.2	25.1	25.5	21.8	21.7
Contusions	18.7	19.0		12.3	20.7	17.2	14.6	37.2	16.4	16.7	20.9	20.6

X Not applicable.
1 Includes other items not shown separately.
2 Includes the categories "Motor vehicle traffic;" "Pedal cycle, other;" "Pedestrian, other;" and "Transport, other".
3 Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
4 Poisoning episodes are assumed to have a single condition resulting from the episode.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics, Series 10, No. 202.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/212_injury_and_poisoning_episodes_and_conditions.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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