Injury Prevention & Control

10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Violence-Related Injury, United States 2008,All Races, Both Sexes, Disposition: All Cases

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Ages 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/ Again 3,305	Sexual Assault 10,044	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 15,617	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 73,372	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 475,386	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 308,662	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 198,019	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 152,308	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 46,004	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 16,919	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 1,297,555
2	Sexual Assault 247*	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 7,677	Sexual Assault 6,450	Sexual Assault 7,555	Self-harm Poisoning 54,803	Self-harm Poisoning 44,626	Self-harm Poisoning 42,878	Self-harm Poisoning 35,565	Self-harm Poisoning 11,416	Self-harm Poisoning 5,083	Self-harm Poisoning 200,397
3	Other Assault^A Fall 226*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 596*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 921*	Self-harm Poisoning 5,983	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 43,648	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 27,606	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 19,388	Self-harm Other Specified 11,192	Self-harm Other Specified 3,325	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 1,613*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 106,756
4	Other Assault^A Other Specified 131*	Other Assault^A Fall 418*	Other Assault^A Other Specified 454*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 4,159	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 30,365	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 18,377	Self-harm Other Specified 13,636	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 9,397	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 2,685	Self-harm Other Specified 1,311*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 75,976
5	Other Assault^A Overexertion 124*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 153*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 356*	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 2,558	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 28,547	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 16,238*	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 11,781	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 7,349	Self-harm Cut/Pierce 2,275	Other Assault^A Cut/Pierce 817*	Sexual Assault 73,809
6	Other Assault^A Poisoning 114*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 125*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 242*	Self-harm Other Specified 2,427	Sexual Assault 28,113	Self-harm Other Specified 13,428	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 9,005	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 6,094	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 2,081	Sexual Assault 675*	Self-harm Other Specified 69,632
7	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 112*	Legal Int. Unknown/ Unspecified 124*	Other Assault^A Fire/Burn 233*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 1,889*	Self-harm Other Specified 24,298	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 12,632	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 6,700*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 3,728	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 1,090*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 571*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 56,626
8	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 85*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 114*	Other Assault^A BB/Pellet Gunsh 212*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 1,452	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 17,980	Sexual Assault 12,403	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 5,564	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 2,683*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 832*	Other Assault^A Fall 515*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 49,813
9	Three Tied 21*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 114*	Other Assault^A Overexertion 161*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 1,317*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 16,361	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 11,333	Sexual Assault 5,134	Sexual Assault 2,510	Other Assault^A Fall 772*	Other Assault^A Pedestrian 458*	Other Assault^A Other Bite/ Stin 41,094
10	Three Tied 21*	Other Assault^A Pedestrian 85*	Other Assault^A Foreign Body 124*	Other Assault^A Firearm Gunshot 688*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 4,921	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 2,778	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 2,186	Other Assault^A Fall 1,381	Sexual Assault 678*	Legal Int. Struck by/ Against 454*	Self-harm Struck by/ Against 12,938

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Page last reviewed: October 23, 2009

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control