Select injury intent and mechanism categories for all 2017 hospital visits (ED, inpatient and outpatient), by age group16
Age group | |||||
Intent and mechanism | <1 | 1–14 | 15–34 | 35–64 | 65+ |
Unintentional transport | |||||
Unintentional motor vehicle traffic, occupant | 288 | 5141 | 32 804 | 32 385 | 7341 |
Unintentional motor vehicle traffic, pedestrian | ≤10 | 551 | 1625 | 1873 | 555 |
Unintentional motor vehicle traffic, pedalcyclist | ≤10 | 693 | 934 | 874 | 133 |
Unintentional motor vehicle traffic, motorcyclist | ≤10 | 88 | 1175 | 1090 | 93 |
Unintentional pedalcyclist, other | ≤10 | 2019 | 1273 | 1376 | 251 |
Unintentional pedestrian, other | ≤10 | 241 | 680 | 827 | 266 |
Unintentional poisoning | |||||
Unintentional poisoning: drug | 70 | 1122 | 7204 | 8263 | 1788 |
Unintentional poisoning: non-drug | 51 | 687 | 1395 | 1993 | 473 |
Other unintentional | |||||
Unintentional fall | 3397 | 48 215 | 34 961 | 70 115 | 91 021 |
Unintentional struck by/against | 558 | 28 752 | 31 002 | 24 410 | 8436 |
Unintentional overexertion | 53 | 8165 | 18 324 | 18 762 | 3809 |
Unintentional cut/pierce | 139 | 5662 | 17 783 | 18 865 | 4103 |
Unintentional bites and stings (non-venomous and venomous) | 241 | 7383 | 7183 | 9033 | 2671 |
Unintentional other specified, foreign body | 277 | 5707 | 3212 | 4088 | 1898 |
Unintentional fire/flame/hot object/substance | 244 | 1648 | 2584 | 3245 | 712 |
Unintentional suffocation | 29 | 71 | 117 | 493 | 1146 |
Unintentional firearm | ≤10 | 13 | 579 | 265 | 27 |
Self-harm | |||||
Self-harm poisoning: drug | ≤10 | 231 | 2294 | 1930 | 282 |
Self-harm cut/pierce | <10 | 285 | 1318 | 584 | 84 |
Self-harm other specified, not elsewhere classifiable | ≤10 | 93 | 583 | 293 | 28 |
Self-harm unspecified | ≤10 | 53 | 402 | 296 | 62 |
Self-harm poisoning: non-drug | ≤10 | 11 | 211 | 250 | 30 |
Self-harm fire/flame/hot object/substance | ≤10 | ≤10 | 63 | 18 | 11 |
Self-harm suffocation | ≤10 | ≤10 | 38 | 25 | ≤10 |
Assault | |||||
Assault struck by/against | ≤10 | 1212 | 12 745 | 8153 | 561 |
Assault unspecified | ≤10 | 122 | 2092 | 1650 | 114 |
Assault other specified, not elsewhere classifiable | ≤10 | 81 | 1283 | 986 | 65 |
Assault other specified, child/adult abuse | 60 | 609 | 1099 | 440 | 108 |
Assault cut/pierce | ≤10 | 28 | 1130 | 689 | 26 |
Assault other specified, classifiable | ≤10 | 160 | 511 | 274 | 21 |
Assault firearm | ≤10 | ≤10 | 687 | 223 | ≤10 |
Undetermined | |||||
Undetermined poisoning: drug | ≤10 | 42 | 422 | 412 | 55 |
Undetermined poisoning: non-drug | ≤10 | 25 | 85 | 132 | 41 |
Undetermined drowning/submersion | ≤10 | 173 | 48 | 44 | ≤10 |
Cells with counts of 10 or fewer have been suppressed in order to reduce the risk of the identification of individuals.
ED, emergency department.