	10 Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury, United States 2000¹, 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	Unintentional Fall 54,569	Unintentional Fall 375,069	Unintentional Fall 293,582	Unintentional Fall 257,877	Unintentional MV-Occupant 539,908	Unintentional MV-Occupant 366,673	Unintentional Fall 414,421	Unintentional Fall 377,045	Unintentional Fall 280,059	Unintentional Fall 1,160,579	Unintentional Fall 3,943,987
2	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 16,327	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 165,187	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 177,120	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 184,645	Unintentional Fall 378,960	Unintentional Fall 350,755	Unintentional MV-Occupant 310,620	Unintentional Overexertion 196,079	Unintentional MV-Occupant 103,191	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 122,275	Unintentional MV-Occupant 1,774,804
3	Unintentional Foreign Body 6,567	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 63,790	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 55,176	Unintentional Overexertion 123,135	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 325,020	Unintentional Overexertion 286,876	Unintentional Overexertion 302,827	Unintentional MV-Occupant 193,036	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 80,230	Unintentional MV-Occupant 112,423	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 1,745,929
4	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 5,790	Unintentional Foreign Body 57,946	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 52,685	Unintentional MV-Occupant 67,294	Unintentional Overexertion 298,363	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 265,154	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 240,590	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 169,382	Unintentional Overexertion 78,028	Unintentional Overexertion 101,843	Unintentional Overexertion 1,466,343
5	Unintentional Fire/Burn 5,338	Unintentional Overexertion 37,798	Unintentional MV-Occupant 48,591	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 56,952	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 159,400	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 163,232	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 158,273	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 105,576	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 48,282	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 51,645	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 829,357
6	Unintentional MV-Occupant 3,721	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 36,318	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 45,644	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 41,175	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 86,109	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 72,959	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 74,322	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 53,846	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 32,301	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 45,346	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 522,206
7	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 3,238*	Unintentional Poisoning 35,544	Unintentional Overexertion 39,739	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 37,066	Unintentional Other Transport 47,819	Unintentional Other Transport 45,193	Unintentional Fire/Burn 41,363	Unintentional Fire/Burn 30,640	Unintentional Other Transport 15,309	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 25,058	Unintentional Foreign Body 262,434
8	Unintentional Poisoning 2,437	Unintentional MV-Occupant 28,778	Unintentional Dog Bite 24,560	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 35,799	Unintentional Fire/Burn 45,055	Unintentional Fire/Burn 40,345	Unintentional Other Transport 34,911	Unintentional Other Transport 26,428	Unintentional Fire/Burn 13,942	Unintentional Other Transport 21,966	Unintentional Other Transport 255,360
9	Unintentional Inhalation/ Suffocation 2,395	Unintentional Fire/Burn 27,833	Unintentional Foreign Body 23,246	Unintentional Other Transport 30,444	Unintentional Foreign Body 43,771	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 36,059	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 31,063	Unintentional Foreign Body 22,455	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 13,673	Unintentional Foreign Body 17,826	Unintentional Fire/Burn 241,195
10	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 2,225	Unintentional Dog Bite 19,035	Unintentional Other Transport 19,840	Unintentional Dog Bite 19,258	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 40,588	Unintentional Foreign Body 34,671	Unintentional Foreign Body 28,427	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 21,005	Unintentional Foreign Body 12,327	Unintentional Fire/Burn 10,806	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 241,086

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.

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