10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Violence-Related Injury, United States
2006, All Races, Both Sexes, 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
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
2,538
Sexual
Assault
10,518
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
26,700*
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
93,912
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
468,309
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
301,318
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
218,638
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
134,647
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
38,198
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
15,947
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
1,310,697

2
Other AssaultA
Fall
761*
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
9,906*
Sexual
Assault
6,753
Sexual
Assault
8,067
Self-harm
Poisoning
59,181
Self-harm
Poisoning
44,965
Self-harm
Poisoning
54,038
Self-harm
Poisoning
35,368
Self-harm
Poisoning
12,595
Self-harm
Poisoning
4,548
Self-harm
Poisoning
216,358

3
Sexual
Assault
353*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
932*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
1,718*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
6,335
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
45,019
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
31,817
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
19,656
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
9,773
Self-harm
Other Specified
2,580
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
1,055*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
113,970

4
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
240*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
821*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
1,046*
Self-harm
Poisoning
5,533
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
32,472
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
16,965
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
13,029
Self-harm
Other Specified
9,172
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
2,411
Self-harm
Other Specified
1,016*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
77,058

5
Other AssaultA
Overexertion
186*
Other AssaultA
Fall
596*
Other AssaultA
Fall
837*
Self-harm
Other Specified
4,571
Sexual
Assault
26,785
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
13,771
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
11,769
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
7,357
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
1,819
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
914*
Sexual
Assault
71,296

6
Other AssaultA
Other Specified
179*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
257*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
529*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
3,524
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
26,737
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
12,720
Self-harm
Other Specified
11,035
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
6,445
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
1,795
Self-harm
Firearm
Gunshot
576*
Self-harm
Other Specified
61,950

7
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
116*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
41*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
365*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
2,546*
Self-harm
Other Specified
21,761
Self-harm
Other Specified
11,807
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
7,355
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
4,889
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
1,433*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
568*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
54,686

8
Legal Int.
Poisoning
46*
Four
Tied
23*
Other AssaultA
BB/Pellet
Gunsh
266*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
2,326*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
18,960
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
11,373
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
5,769
Sexual
Assault
3,456
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
1,082*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
506*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
52,748

9
Other AssaultA
Unknown/
Unspeci
41*
Four
Tied
23*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
223*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
1,351*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
18,594
Sexual
Assault
8,528
Sexual
Assault
5,611
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
2,733
Other AssaultA
Fall
891*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
446*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
50,586

10

Four
Tied
23*
Other AssaultA
Pedal Cyclist
177*
Other AssaultA
BB/Pellet
Gunsh
1,335
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
9,185
Other AssaultA
Fall
4,555
Other AssaultA
Fall
3,706
Other AssaultA
Overexertion
1,835
Sexual
Assault
879*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
437*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
20,923
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 Safety Commission  (CPSC).
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.