TABLE 1—
Cause of Injury | Nonoccupational Injury, APC (95% CI) | Occupational Injury, APC (95% CI) |
Pedestrian | 1.15* (0.32, 1.98) | −3.72* (−6.05, −1.33) |
Cyclist | 0.52 (−0.07, 1.11) | −4.48* (−8.36, −0.42) |
Motor vehicle occupant | −3.56* (−4.16, −2.95) | −4.39* (−5.36, −3.41) |
Other land transport | 0.29 (−0.88, 1.48) | −5.10* (−7.45, −2.68) |
Other transport | 0.20 (−1.67, 2.10) | −1.93 (−6.64, 3.01) |
Fall | 0.82* (0.06, 1.60) | −3.48* (−4.98, −1.95) |
Inanimate mechanical force | −0.78* (−1.11, −0.45) | −7.01* (−8.53, −5.47) |
Animate mechanical force | 1.70* (1.25, 2.16) | 1.60* (0.83, 2.38) |
Electricity, fire, or hot object | −2.35* (−3.02, −1.68) | −7.61* (−9.19, −6.00) |
Natural or environmental | −3.64 (0.70, −7.80) | −3.94 (−9.23, 1.66) |
Poisoning | 0.60 (−0.32, 1.53) | −7.11* (−8.61, −5.59) |
Overexertion | −1.28* (−1.65, −0.91) | −5.96* (−7.38, −4.51) |
Intentional Injury | −2.28* (−2.76, −1.80) | −1.66* (−2.60, −0.71) |
Event of undetermined intent | −4.37* (−6.04, −2.67) | −12.22* (−15.44, −8.87) |
Other or not specified | 2.54* (2.10, 2.98) | −4.59* (−5.98, −3.18) |
Total, all external causes | −0.25* (−0.44, −0.04) | −5.95* (−7.30, −4.57) |
Source. Data are from emergency department records from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System.18
Note. APC = annual percent change; CI = confidence interval. Drowning and suffocation were excluded from the regression analysis because of small sample sizes.
*P < .05.