	10 Leading Causes of Violence-Related 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	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 759*	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 7,422	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 17,462*	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 35,973	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 163,503	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 117,391	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 96,861	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 39,790	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 9,520	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 10,823	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 499,796
2	Other Assault^A Fall 731*	Sexual Assault 7,355	Sexual Assault 7,082	Sexual Assault 7,341	Self-harm Poisoning 38,103	Self-harm Poisoning 25,278	Self-harm Poisoning 24,713	Self-harm Poisoning 10,001	Self-harm Poisoning 3,120*	Self-harm Poisoning 1,382*	Self-harm Poisoning 108,739
3	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 210*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 835*	Other Assault^A Fall 714*	Self-harm Poisoning 6,142	Sexual Assault 17,527	Sexual Assault 8,191	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 5,979	Sexual Assault 1,946*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 778*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 938*	Sexual Assault 53,805
4	Sexual Assault 165*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 629*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 707*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 3,182	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 13,497	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 7,323	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 5,700*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 1,477*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 444*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 341*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 32,586
5	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 99*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 437*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 462*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 2,119	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 12,258*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 6,138	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 5,540	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 1,227*	Other Assault^A Fall 440*	Other Assault^A Fall 263*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 28,842
6	Other Assault^A MV-Occupant 53*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 275*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 335*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 1,485*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 8,627	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 5,680	Sexual Assault 3,989*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,046*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 440*	Self-harm MV-Occupant 240*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 24,947
7	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 19*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 248*	Other Assault^A Pedestrian 315*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 419*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 3,385	Other Assault^A Overexertion 3,311*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 2,317*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 925*	Self-harm Other Specified 57*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 240*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 9,974
8	Other Assault^A Drowning/ Near Dro 19*	Other Assault^A Inhalation/ Suffoc 220*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 290*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 410*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 2,151*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,905*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,762*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 893*	Other Assault^A Other Specified 57*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 240*	Other Assault^A Fall 8,694
9		Other Assault^A Foreign Body 61*	Other Assault^A Natural/ Environme 252*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 395*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,714*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 1,800*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 1,221*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 450*		Self-harm Fall 220*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 6,316
10		Other Assault^A MV-Occupant 38*	Legal Int. Fire/Burn 240*	Other Assault^A BB/Pellet Gunshot 357*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 1,549*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 1,203*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 850*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 406*		Other Assault^A Overexertion 220*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 4,362*

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.