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Top 10 Causes of Unintentional Injury Death in Minnesota by Gender, 1998-2002
| Men |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
2035 |
41.3 |
| Fall |
1045 |
21.2 |
| Poisoning |
466 |
9.5 |
| Drowning |
223 |
4.5 |
| Suffocation |
213 |
4.3 |
| Fire/flame |
128 |
2.6 |
| Natural/environmental |
103 |
2.1 |
| Land transport, other |
98 |
2.0 |
| ATV/Snowmobile, nontraffic |
89 |
1.8 |
| Machinery |
67 |
1.4 |
| Women |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Fall |
1235 |
41.2 |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
1128 |
37.6 |
| Poisoning |
151 |
5.0 |
| Suffocation |
118 |
3.9 |
| Fire/flame |
70 |
2.3 |
| Natural/environmental |
66 |
2.2 |
| Drowning |
63 |
2.1 |
| Late effects of causes other than transport and fall |
26 |
0.9 |
| Unspecified |
23 |
0.8 |
| Land transport, other |
22 |
0.7 |
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
Additional Pages
Fatal injuries, Minnesota
Non-fatal injuries, Minnesota
All injuries, U.S.
Centers for Disease Control, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5307a1.htm
Traffic injuries, Minnesota
Traffic injuries, U.S.
National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S.
DOT, http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCSA
Workplace injuries, Minnesota
Workplace injuries, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, http://www.bls.gov/bls/safety.htm
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control, http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/chartbook/
Injuries in the home, Minnesota
Injuries in the home, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission, http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/data.html
Recreational injuries, Minnesota
Recreational injuries, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission, http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/data.html
Minnesota injuries byAge
Minnesota Injury Facts, Ages 1-19
Minnesota Injury Facts, Ages 20-39
Minnesota Injury Facts, Ages 40-59
Minnesota Injury Facts, Ages 60-85+
Minnesota Department of Health:
Ten Leading Causes of Nonfatal Hospitalized Injury by Age Group, Minnesota 1998-2001
Ten Leading Causes of Nonfatal ED-treated Injury by Age Group, Minnesota 1998-2001
Minnesota injuries by costs
Minnesota Department of Health, http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/pub/ed2001/index.cfm (see "Impact")
Minnesota Department of Public Safety, http://www.dps.state.mn.us/ots/crashdata/codes_project.asp
Prevention recommendations
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