Table 1

Numbers of injuries and number of provider contacts/injury condition reported in 1996 MEPS-HC

No of provider contacts/injury condition
Injury condition: annual No reportedHospitalizationEmergency department visitOutpatient visit
Standard errors in parentheses are adjusted for weighted sample design.
Fall injury
    20 337 6920.060.272.62
    (899 032)(0.01)(0.01)(0.22)
Fire injury
    1 030 1410.040.221.74
    (151 988)(0.03)(0.05)(0.61)
Vehicle injury
    13 219 9170.050.273.86
    (844 457)(0.01)(0.03)(0.39)
Gun injury
    621 0750.120.182.75
    (132 326)(0.07)(0.08)(0.94)
Sports injury
    10 235 3140.030.201.80
    (524 047)(0.01)(0.02)(0.19)
Poison injury
    851 5600.180.301.51
    (214 145)(0.08)(0.09)(0.32)