10 Leading Causes of Injury, United States - All Races, Males , Disposition: All Cases

	10 Leading Causes of Injury, United States 2000¹, All Races, Males , Disposition: All Cases

	Age Groups
Rank	<1	1-4	5-9	10-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	All Ages
1	Unintentional Fall 80,682	Unintentional Fall 525,322	Unintentional Fall 395,360	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 421,019	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 778,371	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 549,195	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 416,156	Unintentional Fall 279,011	Unintentional Fall 181,696	Unintentional Fall 466,601	Unintentional Fall 3,487,556
2	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 22,905	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 275,502	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 319,102	Unintentional Fall 380,776	Unintentional MV-Occupant 492,940	Unintentional Overexertion 412,466	Unintentional Fall 388,337	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 242,348	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 103,775	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 94,639	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 3,223,121
3	Unintentional Fire/Burn 12,366	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 83,155	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 97,097	Unintentional Overexertion 146,760	Unintentional Overexertion 490,038	Unintentional Fall 355,757	Unintentional Overexertion 352,445	Unintentional Overexertion 181,261	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 91,741	Unintentional MV-Occupant 85,008	Unintentional Overexertion 1,767,353
4	Unintentional Foreign Body 8,036	Unintentional Foreign Body 63,130	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 88,034	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 139,196	Unintentional Fall 433,522	Unintentional MV-Occupant 351,381	Unintentional MV-Occupant 271,352	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 167,005	Unintentional MV-Occupant 78,859	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 66,411	Unintentional MV-Occupant 1,579,122
5	Unintentional MV-Occupant 6,594*	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 62,426	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 64,579	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 108,653	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 376,268	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 301,412	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 269,008	Unintentional MV-Occupant 165,088	Unintentional Overexertion 67,724	Unintentional Overexertion 47,432	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 1,534,146
6	Unintentional Poisoning 4,654	Unintentional Poisoning 44,903	Unintentional MV-Occupant 39,652	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 102,211	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 267,416	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 178,278	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 143,414	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 64,388	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 26,916	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 31,909	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 794,219
7	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 4,157	Unintentional Fire/Burn 34,922	Unintentional Overexertion 38,978	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 65,845	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 163,924	Unintentional Foreign Body 93,224	Unintentional Foreign Body 94,034	Unintentional Foreign Body 47,287	Unintentional Foreign Body 24,682	Unintentional Foreign Body 18,290	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 547,794
8	Unintentional Inhalation/ Suffocation 3,462	Unintentional MV-Occupant 34,817	Unintentional Dog Bite 36,362	Unintentional MV-Occupant 52,384	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 94,213	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 88,381	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 68,791	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 45,903	Unintentional Machinery 23,216	Unintentional Machinery 17,339	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 514,590
9	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 3,130	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 27,914	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 33,546	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 39,202	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 78,594	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 71,509	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 68,667	Unintentional Machinery 41,375	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 19,916	Unintentional Other Transport 16,158	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 487,649
10	Unintentional Overexertion 2,442	Unintentional Overexertion 27,196	Unintentional Foreign Body 33,435	Unintentional Other Transport 33,948	Unintentional Foreign Body 72,852	Unintentional Machinery 68,397	Unintentional Machinery 66,451	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 35,203	Unintentional Other Transport 18,170	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 11,936	Unintentional Foreign Body 472,780

Produced By:	Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
Data Source:	NEISS All Injury Program operated by the Consumer Product Saftey Commission (CPSC).

¹Annualized national estimates are based on emergency department visits from 7/1-12/31 2000. Therefore, estimates may be affected by seasonality.

^A The 'Other Assault' category includes all assaults that are not classified as sexual assault. It represents the majority of assaults.

^* Injury estimate is unstable because of small sample size.