Table 4.
External cause-specific injury estimates for youth 0-17 years by development disability status, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System – All Injury Program, 2006-2007 (n=6,369).
| Injury Type | Youth with Developmental Disabilities | Youth without Developmental Disabilities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Estimate (Percent)a | Cases | Estimate (Percent)a | |
| Struck By | 247 | 278,767 (25) | 1,255 | 1,488,448 (22) |
| Fall | 277 | 306,206 (28) | 1,827 | 2,149,337 (32) |
| All Bites Stingsb | 55 | 59,438 (5) | 292 | 397,639 (6) |
| Transportationc | 116 | 147,428 (13) | 568 | 768,042 (12) |
| Ingestion/Foreign Body / Poisoning | 37 | 37,832 (3) | 230 | 308,304 (5) |
| Overexertion | 79 | 93,691 (9) | 512 | 622,866 (9) |
| Cut/Pierce | 59 | 68,705 (6) | 291 | 360,519 (5) |
| Fire/Burn | 11 | 14,280 (1) | 87 | 109,672 (2) |
| Otherd | 76 | 96,259 (9) | 350 | 439,815 (7) |
a
National estimate of injuries treated in hospital emergency departments, December 2006 – November 2007. Weighted based on the NEISS-AIP and study sample designs.
b
Includes all bites and insect stings.
c
Includes motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicyclists, and pedestrians struck by motor vehicles, and other transports such as all terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, golf carts, etc.
d
Includes unintentional firearms/bb-guns, natural/environmental, and other or not stated external causes.