	10 Leading Causes of Violence-Related Injury, United States 2000¹, All Races, Males , 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 2,062	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 11,355*	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 32,173	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 65,845	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 267,416	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 178,278	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 143,414	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 64,388	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 19,916	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 8,899	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Against 794,219
2	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 372*	Sexual Assault 2,817	Sexual Assault 2,358	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 3,671*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 35,463	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 24,418	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 17,276	Self-harm Poisoning 7,989	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 1,624*	Self-harm Poisoning 1,083*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 93,238
3	Other Assault^A Natural/ Environme 210*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 900*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 2,280*	Self-harm Poisoning 2,117*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 21,728*	Self-harm Poisoning 15,324	Self-harm Poisoning 14,470	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 7,445	Self-harm Poisoning 1,060*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 494*	Self-harm Poisoning 61,503
4	Other Assault^A Fall 53*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 897*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 1,783*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 1,792	Self-harm Poisoning 19,388	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 12,630	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 8,746	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 2,655*	Other Assault^A Pedestrian 920*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 494*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 44,150
5	Sexual Assault 24*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 896*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,744*	Sexual Assault 1,781*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 14,397	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 9,123	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 8,103	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 2,509*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 749*	Other Assault^A Fall 483*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 32,670
6	Other Assault^A Overexertion 24*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 864*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 544*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,607*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 9,506	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 7,266	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 6,399	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 2,098*	Other Assault^A Fall 525*	Self-harm Firearm Gunshot 315*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 31,034
7	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 24*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 309*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 396*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 908*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 6,882	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 6,806	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 4,410	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 1,974*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 503*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 277*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Sting 27,194
8	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 19*	Other Assault^A Pedal Cyclist 273*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 353*	Other Assault^A BB/Pellet Gunshot 888*	Self-harm Other Specified 2,550*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 4,165	Other Assault^A Overexertion 1,975*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 1,525*	Self-harm Firearm Gunshot 428*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 269*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 11,683
9	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 19*	Other Assault^A Other Specified 57*	Other Assault^A Other Specified 99*	Other Assault^A Pedestrian 877*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 2,482	Other Assault^A Fall 2,201*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,623*	Other Assault^A Fall 1,065*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 372*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 57*	Other Assault^A Fall 11,521
10	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 19*	Other Assault^A Fall 57*	Two Tied 72*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 851*	Other Assault^A Fall 2,165*	Legal Int. Fall 1,567*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 1,480*	Self-harm Other Specified 946*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 326*	Other Assault^A Unknown/ Unspecifi 57*	Sexual Assault 10,179

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.