Table 4

Average annual hospital discharge rates (per 100 000 population) for motor vehicle related injuries among AI/AN children and youth aged 0–24 years by age and principal injury diagnosis, 1981–92

	0–4 years		5–9 years		10–14 years		15–19 years		20–24 years		Total
Principal injury diagnosis	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate
Musculoskeletal injury	263	17.8	256	18.3	394	29.3	1136	85.7	1438	129.4	3487	52.4
Head injury	321	27.4	197	18.6	208	18.5	599	63.6	616	81.0	1941	39.9
Wounds/lacerations	217	14.6	150	10.7	166	12.4	629	47.4	686	61.7	1848	27.8
Contusion/crush injury	100	6.8	55	3.9	64	4.8	386	29.1	467	42.0	1072	16.1
Internal injury	42	2.8	33	2.4	36	2.7	125	9.4	156	14.0	392	5.9
Spinal cord injury	2	0.1	3	0.2	6	0.4	33	2.5	49	4.4	93	1.4
Other	19	1.3	21	1.5	40	3.0	150	11.3	158	14.2	388	5.8
Unspecified	69	4.7	22	1.6	44	3.3	155	11.7	154	13.9	444	6.7
No injury diagnosis	68	4.6	21	1.5	23	1.7	80	6.0	113	10.2	305	4.6
Total	1101	74.3	758	54.3	981	73.0	3293	248.4	3837	345.2	9970	149.7