10 Leading Causes of Injury, United States - All Races, Both Sexes, Disposition: All Cases

	10 Leading Causes of Injury, United States 2000¹, All Races, Both Sexes, Disposition: All Cases

	Age Groups
Rank	<1	1-4	5-9	10-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	All Ages
1	Unintentional Fall 135,251	Unintentional Fall 900,850	Unintentional Fall 688,942	Unintentional Fall 638,873	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 1,103,864	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 814,406	Unintentional Fall 802,758	Unintentional Fall 656,056	Unintentional Fall 461,756	Unintentional Fall 1,628,146	Unintentional Fall 7,434,032
2	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 39,452	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 440,984	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 496,279	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 605,991	Unintentional MV-Occupant 1,032,905	Unintentional MV-Occupant 718,054	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 656,746	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 411,840	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 184,005	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 217,035	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 4,970,710
3	Unintentional Fire/Burn 17,704	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 146,945	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 152,483	Unintentional Overexertion 269,895	Unintentional Fall 813,206	Unintentional Fall 706,512	Unintentional Overexertion 655,272	Unintentional Overexertion 377,397	Unintentional MV-Occupant 182,050	Unintentional MV-Occupant 197,431	Unintentional MV-Occupant 3,354,553
4	Unintentional Foreign Body 14,604	Unintentional Foreign Body 121,077	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 140,719	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 180,428	Unintentional Overexertion 788,401	Unintentional Overexertion 699,342	Unintentional MV-Occupant 582,489	Unintentional MV-Occupant 358,124	Unintentional Overexertion 145,752	Unintentional Overexertion 149,275	Unintentional Overexertion 3,233,993
5	Unintentional MV-Occupant 10,315	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 98,800	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 110,223	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 165,920	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 535,668	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 465,147	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 427,281	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 272,633	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 140,244	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 111,758	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 2,364,651
6	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 9,947	Unintentional Poisoning 80,447	Unintentional MV-Occupant 88,296	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 139,315	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 430,919	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 295,879	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 240,276	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 104,493	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 59,217	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 83,554	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 1,294,597
7	Unintentional Poisoning 7,091	Unintentional Overexertion 65,234	Unintentional Overexertion 78,717	Unintentional MV-Occupant 119,677	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 204,764	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 144,468	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 142,989	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 99,749	Unintentional Foreign Body 37,010	Unintentional Other Transport 38,124	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 1,036,796
8	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 6,368	Unintentional MV-Occupant 63,595	Unintentional Dog Bite 60,923	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 101,818	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 164,703	Unintentional Foreign Body 127,895	Unintentional Foreign Body 122,461	Unintentional Foreign Body 69,743	Unintentional Other Transport 33,479	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 36,994	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 789,390
9	Unintentional Inhalation/ Suffocation 5,857	Unintentional Fire/Burn 62,755	Unintentional Foreign Body 56,681	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 75,000	Unintentional Other Transport 119,052	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 124,440	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 100,074	Unintentional Fire/Burn 59,484	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 29,436	Unintentional Foreign Body 36,116	Unintentional Foreign Body 735,214
10	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 4,583	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 43,338	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 52,472	Unintentional Other Transport 64,393	Unintentional Foreign Body 116,623	Unintentional Other Transport 95,862	Unintentional Fire/Burn 91,488	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 56,208	Unintentional Fire/Burn 28,013	Unintentional Fire/Burn 21,688	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 660,403

Produced By:	Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
Data Source:	NEISS All Injury Program operated by the Consumer Product Saftey Commission (CPSC).

¹Annualized national estimates are based on emergency department visits from 7/1-12/31 2000. Therefore, estimates may be affected by seasonality.

^A The 'Other Assault' category includes all assaults that are not classified as sexual assault. It represents the majority of assaults.