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Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death in Minnesota by Gender, 2000-2004
| Men |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
2,068 |
40.5 |
| Fall |
1,163 |
22.8 |
| Poisoning |
573 |
11.2 |
| Drowning |
197 |
3.9 |
| Suffocation |
173 |
3.4 |
| ATV/Snowmobile, nontraffic |
114 |
2.2 |
| Fire/flame |
110 |
2.2 |
| Land transport, other |
105 |
2.1 |
| Natural/environmental |
95 |
1.9 |
Total number of deaths from all causes: 5,105
| Women |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Fall |
1,372 |
43.9 |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
1,076 |
34.4 |
| Poisoning |
218 |
7 |
| Suffocation |
114 |
3.6 |
| Fire/flame |
64 |
2 |
| Natural/environmental |
61 |
2 |
| Drowning |
51 |
1.6 |
| Late effects of causes other than transport and fall |
38 |
1.2 |
| Land transport, other |
23 |
0.7 |
| Total number of deaths from all causes |
3,128 |
Total number of deaths from all causes: 3,128
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/ncipc/duip/duip.htm
Traffic injuries, Minnesota
Traffic injuries, U.S.
National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S.
DOT, http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/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 by age
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:
Emergency Department-treated Traumatic Brain Injury, Minnesota 1998 - 2003 (PDF, 708 KB, 28 pages)
Nonfatal Hospitalized Traumatic Brain Injury, Minnesota 1998 - 2003 (PDF, 241 KB, 28 pages)
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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