10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Violence-Related Injury, United States
2007, 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
2,986
Sexual
Assault
9,969
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
16,945
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
81,151
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
450,034
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
284,568
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
205,589
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
127,725
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
40,833
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
15,305
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
1,232,352
 
 2
 
Sexual
Assault
382*
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
6,952
Sexual
Assault
8,423
Sexual
Assault
10,799
Self-harm
Poisoning
56,498
Self-harm
Poisoning
40,248
Self-harm
Poisoning
46,910
Self-harm
Poisoning
32,659
Self-harm
Poisoning
10,344
Self-harm
Poisoning
4,595
Self-harm
Poisoning
197,733
 
 3
 
Other AssaultA
Fall
366*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
998*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
724*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
6,511
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
36,232
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
23,910
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
16,798
Self-harm
Other Specified
11,244
Self-harm
Other Specified
2,691
Self-harm
Other Specified
1,421*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
93,325
 
 4
 
Other AssaultA
Unknown/
Unspeci
164*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
988*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
630*
Self-harm
Poisoning
6,480
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
31,622
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
16,775
Self-harm
Other Specified
16,126
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
10,234
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
1,960
Sexual
Assault
853*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
77,024
 
 5
 
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
150*
Other AssaultA
Fall
503*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
366*
Self-harm
Other Specified
3,922
Sexual
Assault
25,446
Self-harm
Other Specified
16,097
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
13,012
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
6,265
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
1,729
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
816*
Self-harm
Other Specified
76,591
 
 6
 
Legal Int.
Fall
118*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
349*
Other AssaultA
Fall
252*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
2,865
Self-harm
Other Specified
25,048
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
15,803
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
9,981
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
5,899
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
1,517
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
702*
Sexual
Assault
74,676
 
 7
 
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
85*
Other AssaultA
Other Specified
64*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
188*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
2,075
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
23,776
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
13,123
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
6,592
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
4,304
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
1,493
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
675*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
52,257
 
 8
 
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
30*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
32*
Other AssaultA
Overexertion
160*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
1,472*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
17,135
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
12,441
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
6,300*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
3,054*
Sexual
Assault
1,112*
Other AssaultA
Fall
444*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
48,676*
 
 9
 
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
26*
Other AssaultA
Poisoning
20*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
153*
Other AssaultA
Fall
1,135*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
16,172
Sexual
Assault
11,078
Sexual
Assault
4,643
Other AssaultA
Fall
2,243
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
815*
Self-harm
Firearm
Gunshot
408*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
45,375
 
 10
 
Other AssaultA
Natural/
Environ
21*
Other AssaultA
Unknown/
Unspeci
20*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
136*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
986*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
6,561
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
4,772
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
3,153
Sexual
Assault
1,972
Other AssaultA
Fall
802*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
364*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
18,681
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.