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	10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Injury, United States 2001, All Races, Both Sexes, Disposition: All Cases

To obtain the percentage of all injuries by cause, select the age group category at the top of each column.

	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 125,026	Unintentional Fall 914,249	Unintentional Fall 747,011	Unintentional Fall 715,634	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 989,434	Unintentional Fall 768,445	Unintentional Fall 850,414	Unintentional Fall 712,426	Unintentional Fall 499,676	Unintentional Fall 1,642,135	Unintentional Fall 7,836,956
2	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 34,708	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 413,811	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 484,794	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 618,272	Unintentional MV-Occupant 935,107	Unintentional Overexertion 757,144	Unintentional Overexertion 695,055	Unintentional Overexertion 409,337	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 183,838	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 194,473	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 4,610,361
3	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 11,225	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 128,096	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 150,568	Unintentional Overexertion 301,136	Unintentional Fall 860,223	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 712,407	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 604,588	Unintentional Struck by/ Against 373,750	Unintentional MV-Occupant 176,285	Unintentional MV-Occupant 185,956	Unintentional Overexertion 3,487,316
4	Unintentional Fire/Burn 10,667	Unintentional Foreign Body 119,487	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 110,505	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 183,215	Unintentional Overexertion 829,338	Unintentional MV-Occupant 628,788	Unintentional MV-Occupant 522,125	Unintentional MV-Occupant 337,577	Unintentional Overexertion 171,736	Unintentional Overexertion 162,782	Unintentional MV-Occupant 3,041,622
5	Unintentional Foreign Body 9,960	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 103,246	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 88,872	Unintentional Pedal Cyclist 143,597	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 547,438	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 503,002	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 427,373	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 286,939	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 143,944	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 118,914	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 2,472,325
6	Unintentional Poisoning 8,345	Unintentional Poisoning 82,534	Unintentional Overexertion 84,270	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 125,492	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 467,717	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 305,276	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 242,151	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 109,667	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 52,546	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 59,955	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 1,372,912
7	Unintentional Cut/Pierce 7,513	Unintentional Overexertion 70,546	Unintentional MV-Occupant 81,681	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 122,550	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 206,808	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 128,825	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 113,748	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 92,078	Unintentional Foreign Body 31,620	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 53,666	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 849,703
8	Unintentional MV-Occupant 6,974	Unintentional Fire/Burn 68,794	Unintentional Foreign Body 66,969	Unintentional MV-Occupant 114,376	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 127,386	Unintentional Foreign Body 117,120	Unintentional Foreign Body 112,468	Unintentional Poisoning 75,067	Unintentional Poisoning 31,434*	Unintentional Other Transport 45,645	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 829,324
9	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 5,956	Unintentional MV-Occupant 50,662	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 57,355*	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 60,997	Unintentional Other Transport 127,163	Unintentional Other Bite/ Sting 114,775	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 107,891	Unintentional Foreign Body 72,239	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 31,060	Unintentional Foreign Body 34,227	Unintentional Foreign Body 708,374
10	Unintentional Overexertion 5,761	Unintentional Unknown/ Unspecified 49,768	Unintentional Dog Bite 56,258	Unintentional Other Transport 59,285	Unintentional Foreign Body 111,918	Unintentional Other Transport 97,283	Unintentional Poisoning 106,094	Unintentional Other Specified 67,395	Other Assault^A Struck by/ Again 29,258	Unintentional Poisoning 27,926	Unintentional Other Transport 583,142

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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 Safety Commission (CPSC).

^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.