10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Violence-Related Injury, United States
2007, All Races, Females , 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
1,148*
Sexual
Assault
7,785
Sexual
Assault
6,889
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
24,804
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
159,491
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
112,575
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
84,562
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
49,080
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
14,072
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
6,477
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
460,342
 
 2
 
Sexual
Assault
234*
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
2,883
Other AssaultA
Struck by/
Again
5,251
Sexual
Assault
10,286
Self-harm
Poisoning
37,083
Self-harm
Poisoning
23,832
Self-harm
Poisoning
27,770
Self-harm
Poisoning
18,757
Self-harm
Poisoning
6,628
Self-harm
Poisoning
2,621
Self-harm
Poisoning
122,272
 
 3
 
Other AssaultA
Fall
171*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
577*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
216*
Self-harm
Poisoning
5,582
Sexual
Assault
24,246
Sexual
Assault
10,401
Self-harm
Other Specified
9,046
Self-harm
Other Specified
7,191
Self-harm
Other Specified
1,813
Self-harm
Other Specified
1,031*
Sexual
Assault
68,027
 
 4
 
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
85*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
285*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
132*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
5,139
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
18,082
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
9,518
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
6,812
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
3,516
Sexual
Assault
1,112*
Sexual
Assault
853*
Self-harm
Other Specified
47,232
 
 5
 
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
10*
Other AssaultA
Fall
140*
Other AssaultA
Fall
121*
Self-harm
Other Specified
2,989
Self-harm
Other Specified
16,353
Self-harm
Other Specified
8,799
Sexual
Assault
4,271
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
2,701
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
765*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
302*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
43,994
 
 6
 
Other AssaultA
Poisoning
10*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
117*
Other AssaultA
BB/Pellet
Gunsh
85*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
1,212*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
8,593
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
5,140
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
4,137
Sexual
Assault
1,950
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
706*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
166*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
22,242
 
 7
 
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
10*
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
21*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
32*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
1,163*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
8,420
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
5,023
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
3,595
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
1,897
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
368*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
140*
Other AssaultA
Other Bite/
Stin
21,919
 
 8
 
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
8*
Other AssaultA
Other Specified
21*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
32*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
772*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
3,112
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
2,826
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
1,571
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
1,658
Other AssaultA
Fall
316*
Self-harm
Cut/Pierce
132*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
9,653
 
 9
 
Other AssaultA
Other Specified
8*
Other AssaultA
Poisoning
20*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
21*
Self-harm
Unknown/
Unspecified
734*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
2,743
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
1,892
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
1,405*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
925*
Other AssaultA
Overexertion
240*
Self-harm
Firearm
Gunshot
123*
Self-harm
Struck by/
Against
8,430
 
 10
 
Other AssaultA
Unknown/
Unspeci
8*
Other AssaultA
Unknown/
Unspeci
20*
Other AssaultA
Fire/Burn
21*
Legal Int.
Struck by/
Against
425*
Self-harm
Unknown/
Unspecified
2,415
Other AssaultA
Fall
1,863
Other AssaultA
Fall
1,360
Other AssaultA
Firearm
Gunshot
706*
Other AssaultA
Other Specified
213*
Other AssaultA
Cut/Pierce
106*
Other AssaultA
Fall
6,934
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.