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Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death in Minnesota by Gender, 2003-2007
| Men |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
1,931 |
37.2 |
| Fall |
1,331 |
25.7 |
| Poisoning |
749 |
14.4 |
| Drowning |
191 |
3.7 |
| Suffocation |
181 |
3.5 |
| ATV/Snowmobile, nontraffic |
123 |
2.4 |
| Natural/environmental |
91 |
1.8 |
| Land transport, other |
86 |
1.7 |
| Fire/flame |
83 |
1.6 |
Total number of deaths from all unintentional injury causes: 5,188
| Women |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Fall |
1,574 |
47.2 |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
941 |
28.2 |
| Poisoning |
326 |
9.8 |
| Suffocation |
114 |
3.4 |
| Unspecified |
95 |
2.8 |
| Fire/flame |
68 |
2 |
| Natural/environmental |
46 |
1.4 |
| Drowning |
45 |
1.3 |
| Pedestrian, other |
28 |
0.8 |
| Land transport, other |
23 |
0.7 |
| ATV/Snowmobile, nontraffic |
15 |
0.4 |
Total number of deaths from all unintentional injury causes: 3,335
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
Additional Pages
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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