Table 1 Age-adjusted unintentional injury hospitalization rate by injury mechanism and surveillance year (per 100,000 population)
Injury mechanism | Total | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | 2013 | 2004 | 2013 | 2004 | 2013 | |
Transportation injury | 686.6 | 712.4 | 829.9 | 845.7 | 548.4 | 577.9 |
Falling, stumbling, jumping, pushed, etc. | 518.1 | 713.4 | 570.9 | 693.7 | 463.5 | 733.9 |
Contact with blunt force | 102.5 | 196.5 | 167.2 | 303.8 | 38.8 | 88.4 |
Piercing, penetrating force | 74.3 | 65.6 | 114.0 | 94.2 | 34.9 | 36.7 |
Shot by firearm | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Thermal mechanism | 34.1 | 54.8 | 37.3 | 56.9 | 30.8 | 52.8 |
Suffocation | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Drowning | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Exposure to chemical or other substance | 12.3 | 22.4 | 12.0 | 26.0 | 12.5 | 18.7 |
Other specified mechanism of injury | 127.5 | 109.4 | 177.1 | 132.0 | 78.4 | 86.7 |
Unspecified mechanism of injury | 32.1 | 70.8 | 39.2 | 85.3 | 25.0 | 56.4 |