Table 1

Leading cause of injury related emergency department visits (IEDV) and injury related deaths, ages 0–14, US

IEDV rankFatal rankInjury causeNo of IEDV*No of fatalities†IEDV/1 death
*Estimates based on NEISS-AIP data (July 2000 to June 2001).
†Based on 1999 National Vital Statistics data.
‡In WISQARS fatal data are included with natural/environment.
§Includes all pedal cylcists (traffic, non-traffic, unspecified).
||Non-fatals include only motor vehicle (MV) traffic occupants (excludes non-traffic and unknowns), fatals include MV traffic occupant and unspecified traffic fatalities, of which most were occupant related.12
¶In WISQARS fatal data are included with suffocation.
**Includes motorcycle, railway, and air transport crashes.
††Includes all pedestrians (traffic, non-traffic, unspecified).
‡‡Includes handgun, rifle, shotgun, BB gun, and airgun.
110Fall241388812719007
211Struck by/against175787011415420
315Overexertion4483030–
413Cut/pierce433017567732
5Bites/stings‡431147––
68Pedal cyclists§3210001731855
71MV traffic occupant||2547671700150
8Foreign body¶228308––
97Other transportation**169875241705
105Fire/burn135707686198
119Poisoning122432130942
124Pedestrian††4931073367
132Inhalation/suffocation14188103714
146Gunshot/firearm‡‡1215348925
153Drowning/near-drowning61029716
1614Machinery419922191
1712Natural/environment34679636
Other/unspecified/unknown3060471031297
All71117807365966