	10 Leading Causes of Violence-Related Injury, United States 2000¹, 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 Assault^A Struck by/ Against 2,821	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 18,777	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 49,635*	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 101,818	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 430,919	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 295,879	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 240,276	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 104,493	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 29,436	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 19,722	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 1,294,597
2	Other Assault^A Fall 784*	Sexual Assault 10,172	Sexual Assault 9,440	Sexual Assault 9,122	Self-harm Poisoning 57,492	Self-harm Poisoning 40,603	Self-harm Poisoning 39,183	Self-harm Poisoning 17,991	Self-harm Poisoning 4,180	Self-harm Poisoning 2,465	Self-harm Poisoning 170,243
3	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 471*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 1,735	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 2,987*	Self-harm Poisoning 8,259	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 47,721	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 30,557	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 22,975	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 8,371	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 2,402*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 1,215*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 122,080
4	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 229*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 1,333*	Other Assault^A Fall 2,458*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 5,790*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 27,893	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 14,589	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 14,082	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 3,986	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 1,193*	Other Assault^A Fall 746*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 65,256
5	Other Assault^A Natural/ Environme 210*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 1,111*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 2,118*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 3,815	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 23,879*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 13,272	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 11,063	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 3,201	Other Assault^A Fall 965*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 610*	Sexual Assault 63,984
6	Sexual Assault 189*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 938*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 1,005*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 3,278	Sexual Assault 19,301	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 12,486	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 9,949	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 2,818*	Other Assault^A Pedestrian 920*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 547*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 52,141
7	Other Assault^A MV-Occupant 53*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 921*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 643*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,706*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 15,509	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 10,923	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 7,621	Other Assault^A Overexertion 2,418*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 503*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 547*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 48,570
8	Other Assault^A Overexertion 24*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 318*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 457*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 1,327*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 11,055	Sexual Assault 9,301	Sexual Assault 4,095	Other Assault^A Fall 2,111*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 440*	Self-harm Firearm Gunshot 315*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 37,350
9	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 24*	Other Assault^A Pedal Cyclist 273*	Other Assault^A Pedestrian 315*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 1,246*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 5,867	Other Assault^A Overexertion 7,476	Other Assault^A Fall 3,385	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 2,098*	Self-harm Firearm Gunshot 428*	Three Tied 240*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 21,657
10	Four Tied 19*	Other Assault^A Inhalation/ Suffoc 239*	Legal Int. Fire/Burn 296*	Other Assault^A BB/Pellet Gunshot 1,245*	Other Assault^A Fall 3,879	Other Assault^A Fall 4,106	Other Assault^A Overexertion 2,825	Sexual Assault 1,946*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 372*	Three Tied 240*	Other Assault^A Fall 20,215

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.

^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.