Table 1.
Cause of Death | All Locations | In the Home | Percentage of Unintentional Home Injury Deaths | Crude Rate (per 100 000) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Poisoning | 38 851 | 24 436 | 50.2% | 7.7 |
Fall | 30 208 | 17 117 | 35.1% | 5.4 |
Fire/burn | 2818 | 2403 | 4.9% | 0.8 |
Choking/Suffocation | 6601 | 2025 | 4.2% | 0.6 |
Drowning/Submersion | 3391 | 844 | 1.7% | 0.3 |
Natural/Environmental | 1535 | 489 | 1.0% | 0.2 |
Unspecified | 5407 | 321 | 0.7% | 0.1 |
Firearm | 505 | 301 | 0.6% | 0.1 |
Struck by/against | 823 | 290 | 0.6% | 0.1 |
Other specified | 1325 | 248 | 0.5% | 0.1 |
Machinery | 588 | 132 | 0.3% | 0.0 |
Cut/Pierce | 134 | 89 | 0.2% | 0.0 |
Not elsewhere classified | 1174 | 17 | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Overexertion | 13 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Total | 93 373 | 48 716 | 100.0% |