10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Violence-Related Injury, United States
2006, 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
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
1,427*
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
5,152*
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
18,371*
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
60,187
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
302,145
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
179,347
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
128,598
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
83,089
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
25,434
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
9,478
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
813,661

2
Other AssaultA
Fall
598*
Sexual
Assault
1,845
Sexual
Assault
1,535
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
1,957
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
34,277
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
24,659
Self-harm
Poisoning
21,217
Self-harm
Poisoning
14,538
Self-harm
Poisoning
4,916
Self-harm
Poisoning
1,435*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
86,660

3
Other AssaultA
Other Specified
179*
Other AssaultA
Fall
571*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
1,160*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
1,267
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
24,966
Self-harm
Poisoning
17,915
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
14,996
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
7,686
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
1,521
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
1,010*
Self-harm
Poisoning
82,480

4
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
95*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
561*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
858*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
1,033*
Self-harm
Poisoning
21,416
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
12,448*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
11,227
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
5,444
Self-harm
Other Specified
1,395*
Self-harm
Firearm
Gunshot
469*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
47,884

5
Other AssaultA
Overexertion
85*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
443*
Other AssaultA
Fall
796*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
1,027*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
16,076
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
10,860
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
6,557
Self-harm
Other Specified
4,352
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
1,309*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
460*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
45,824

6
Sexual
Assault
62*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
124*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
502*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
1,019*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
14,315
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
8,890
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
5,210*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
3,181
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
1,124*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
403*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
36,557

7
Other AssaultA
Unknown/
Unspeci
25*
Legal Int.
Fire/Burn
23*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
341*
Self-harm
Other Specified
1,003*
Self-harm
Other Specified
7,859
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
5,874
Self-harm
Other Specified
3,960
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
2,572
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
1,004*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
353*
Self-harm
Other Specified
23,925

8
Legal Int.
Poisoning
23*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
23*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
213*
Other AssaultA
BB/Pellet
Gunsh
958*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
7,597
Self-harm
Other Specified
5,157
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
3,818
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
2,168*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
926*
Other AssaultA
Pedestrian
231*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
23,818

9

Other AssaultA
MV-Occupant
10*
Other AssaultA
Pedal Cyclist
177*
Self-harm
Poisoning
958*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
4,839
Other AssaultA
Fall
2,856
Other AssaultA
Fall
1,880
Other AssaultA
Fall
1,149*
Other AssaultA
Fall
419*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
214*
Other AssaultA
Fall
12,246

10

Two
Tied
8*
Other AssaultA
BB/Pellet
Gunsh
173*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
905*
Other AssaultA
Fall
3,310
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
1,916
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
1,622
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
949*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
342*
Self-harm
Other Specified
200*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
11,332
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.