Table 4

The incidence rate of injuries (per 100 000) by age, sex, and mechanism, 1985 versus 2000

	MV/other road user		Falls		Firearm/gunshot		Poisoning		Fire/burn
	1985	2000	1985	2000	1985	2000	1985	2000	1985	2000
Male	1966	1895	4577	3865	137	87	671	438	601	276
0–4	627	720	7400	7388	2	5	1996	1089	819	661
5–14	957	1733	6612	5716	72	143	654	68	381	127
15–24	3780	3392	4321	3176	220	197	453	431	824	433
25–44	2418	2374	3159	2660	246	87	654	528	787	266
45–64	1590	1323	3347	2639	48	34	525	351	257	260
65–74	958	969	4872	3934	41	27	512	662	515	95
75+	994	903	8704	8331	54	39	322	236	443	91
Female	1828	1734	4575	4489	116	10	595	479	647	284
0–4	743	440	7612	5885	2	2	1869	463	600	427
5–14	1116	1338	6645	4561	94	10	661	246	105	127
15–24	2966	3353	4794	2978	116	23	250	1309	612	228
25–44	2329	2168	3485	2988	256	11	558	356	1195	178
45–64	1221	1362	2894	4137	10	7	431	192	394	512
65–74	1234	1181	3206	5120	5	4	597	1244	259	316
75+	1807	837	6576	14,104	6	3	177	155	441	332