PHY8.A Adolescent injury and mortality: Emergency department visit rates for adolescents ages 15–19 by leading causes of injury visits, 1995

PHY8.A Adolescent injury and mortality: Emergency department visit rates for adolescents ages 15–19 by leading causes of injury visits, 1995–2008

Characteristic	1995–1996	1997–1998	1999–2000	2001–2002	2003–2004	2005–2006	2007–2008
(Emergency department visits per 1,000 adolescents ages 15–19)
All injury visits^a	179.8	170.9	178.4	154.4	160.7	161.4	157.2
All initial injury visits^b	—	—	—	141.5	148.2	147.5	137.1
Leading causes of injury visits^c
Cut or pierced from instrument or object	16.2	18.2	18.0	12.4	12.4	12.4	9.7
Unintentional	14.0	15.2	15.6	11.0	11.1	10.0	8.6
Fall^d	24.8	20.6	21.1	16.0	20.4	22.3	25.5
Motor vehicle traffic^d	32.9	32.3	32.7	26.0	24.6	24.1	21.0
Natural or environmental factors^{d, e,}	5.6	4.4	7.1	5.2	6.9	5.9	5.4
Overexertion^d	7.4	4.8	7.3	5.9	7.0	8.1	6.8
Poisoning	4.3	5.9	4.3	5.7	6.4	5.4	6.0
Unintentional	2.9	3.0	1.8	3.3	2.3	2.9	1.3
Self-inflicted	1.4	2.0	2.2	2.0	3.4	1.7	3.1
Struck by/against an object or person	35.1	44.3	41.4	34.8	32.6	26.0	28.5
Unintentional	25.3	37.2	32.1	27.2	24.9	19.1	20.4
Assault	9.7	6.9	9.2	7.5	7.7	6.6	7.9
— Not available.
^a Any emergency department visit where there is a valid first-listed injury diagnosis code or a valid first-listed external cause code on the emergency department discharge record.
^b In 2007–2008, 87 percent of injury-related emergency department visits were an initial visit.
^c Data for 2001–2008 include initial visits only. Initial visit status was imputed in 2005–2006.
^d Falls, motor vehicle traffic, natural or environmental factors, and overexertion were unintentional for 99–100 percent of the visits.
^{^e Insect or animal bites accounted for the majority of emergency department visits caused by natural or environmental factors.}
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.