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Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death in Minnesota by Gender, 2004-2008
| Men |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
1,897 |
34.3 |
| Fall |
1,459 |
26.4 |
| Poisoning |
912 |
16.5 |
| Suffocation |
242 |
4.4 |
| Drowning |
189 |
3.4 |
| ATV/Snowmobile, nontraffic |
117 |
2.1 |
| Natural/environmental |
97 |
1.8 |
| Fire/flame |
92 |
1.7 |
| Machinery |
74 |
1.3 |
| Unspecified |
103 |
1.9 |
Total number of deaths from all unintentional injury causes: 5,533
| Women |
| Cause |
Number |
Percent |
| Fall |
1,701 |
47 |
| Motor vehicle traffic |
910 |
25.1 |
| Poisoning |
408 |
11.3 |
| Suffocation |
141 |
3.9 |
| Fire/flame |
61 |
1.7 |
| Drowning |
50 |
1.4 |
| Natural/environmental |
46 |
1.3 |
| Pedestrian, other |
23 |
0.6 |
| ATV/Snowmobile, nontraffic |
20 |
0.6 |
| Unspecified |
195 |
5.4 |
Total number of deaths from all unintentional injury causes: 3,623
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
Additional Pages
Minnesota Injury Facts, 2009-2010 Homepage
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.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/2004-146/
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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