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Fatal unintentional injuries ("accidents") take the lives of 1,687 Minnesotans on average each year.
Nearly 40 percent of these deaths are traffic-related; another 30 percent are caused by falls. Most are
preventable.
| Top Ten Causes of Unintentional-Injury Deaths in Minnesota, 2001-2005 |
| Cause |
Deaths |
Percent of Total |
Yearly Average |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
3,095 |
36.69 |
619 |
| Fall |
2,695 |
31.95 |
539 |
| Poisoning |
887 |
10.51 |
177 |
| Suffocation |
272 |
3.22 |
54 |
| Drowning |
244 |
2.89 |
49 |
| Fire/flame |
174 |
2.06 |
35 |
| Natural/environmental |
143 |
1.69 |
29 |
| ATV/Snowmobile, nontraffic |
136 |
1.61 |
27 |
| Land/transport, other |
111 |
1.31 |
22 |
| Late effects of causes other than transport & fall |
100 |
1.18 |
20 |
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
More information on fatal injuries in Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/pub/mort/index.cfm
All injuries, U.S.
Centers for Disease Control, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5307a1.htm
Additional Pages
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 gender
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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Minnesota Injury Facts 2006 Edition: Fatal Injuries