Category | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
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Only the four most common categories of severe injury are listed for each age group. | ||||||||
*Denotes rates less than 0.1 per 1000 person. MVA denotes motor vehicle occupant injury. | ||||||||
Overall rate denotes the rate of all severe targeted injuries in the county for the year. | ||||||||
Total denotes the number of severe targeted injuries in the county for the year. | ||||||||
Age <1 year | ||||||||
Falls | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
MVA | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Poisoning | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Suffocation | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | * | * | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Overall rate | 3.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
Total (number) | 52 | 67 | 49 | 57 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 41 |
Age 1–4 years | ||||||||
Drowning | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | * | 0.1 |
Falls | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
MVA | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Poisoning | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
Overall rate | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
Total (number) | 234 | 226 | 222 | 202 | 182 | 175 | 130 | 149 |
Age 5–9 years | ||||||||
Falls | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
MVA | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Pedestrian/bike | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Poisoning | * | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Overall rate | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
Total (number) | 161 | 163 | 149 | 116 | 89 | 110 | 116 | 144 |