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Leading causes of injury hospitalizations in Canada, 2004

Observations and crude rates/100,000

Indicator All Ages <1 1-9 10-14 15-19 20-39 40 - 64 65 - 79 80+
M F MF
All injuries 1
117291
738.0
109,990
679.1
227,281
708.3
1,327
394.5
11,269
343.5
9,072
427.9
14,318
670.5
46,908
519.0
61,732
560.6
37,086
1,204.8
45,569
4,186.2
 Unintentional injuries
100,756
634.0
94,873
585.7
195,629
609.6
1,171
348.1
11,085
337.9
8,130
383.5
9,959
466.3
33,163
366.9
51,063
463.7
35,957
1,168.1
45,101
4,143.2
  Falls
45,337
285.3
66,152
408.4
111,489
347.4
579
172.1
5,327
162.4
3,311
156.2
2,431
113.8
9,021
99.8
24,323
220.9
26,922
874.6
39,575
3,635.5
  Motor vehicle traffic crashes
12,108
76.2
7,675
47.4
19,783
61.6
31
9.2
614
18.7
681
32.1
2,194
102.7
6,656
73.6
6,377
57.9
2,207
71.7
1,023
94.0
  Struck by/against
6,971
43.9
1,955
12.1
8,926
27.8
32
9.5
812
24.8
1,165
55.0
1,360
63.7
2,652
29.3
1,985
18.0
553
18.0
367
33.7
  Poisonings
3,564
22.4
3,648
22.5
7,212
22.5
99
29.4
883
26.9
215
10.1
434
20.3
1,590
17.6
2,369
21.5
1,004
32.6
618
56.8
  Fire/ hot object/ substance
1,536
9.7
761
4.7
2,297
7.2
65
19.3
425
13.0
102
4.8
135
6.3
512
5.7
647
5.9
271
8.8
140
12.9
  Other unintentional injuries
31,240
196.5
14,682
90.6
45,922
143.1
365
108.5
3,024
92.2
2,656
125.3
3,405
159.4
12,732
140.9
15,362
139.5
5,000
162.4
3,378
310.3
Self-inflicted
7,367
46.4
11,508
71.1
18,875
58.8
*
*
10
0.3
641
30.2
2,615
122.5
7,728
85.5
7,045
64.0
632
20.5
203
18.6
Assault
7,002
44.1
1,610
9.9
8,612
26.8
147
43.7
127
3.9
162
7.6
1,301
60.9
4,563
50.5
2,026
18.4
204
6.6
82
7.5
Undetermined intent
2,072
13.0
1,983
12.2
4,055
12.6
8
2.4
47
1.4
139
6.6
435
20.4
1,402
15.5
1,558
14.1
287
9.3
179
16.4
Legal intervention/war
94
0.6
16
0.1
110
0.3
*
*
*
*
*
*
8
0.4
52
0.6
40
0.4
6
0.2
*
*

* Suppressed due to small number of cases or value of zero.
1. All records where the underlying cause of death is classified to ICD-10 Chapter XX except Adverse effects due to drugs or medical care.

SOURCE:
Injury and Child Maltreatment Section
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division
Centre for Health Promotion

Public Health Agency of Canada analysis of Statistics Canada (mortality)
or Canadian Institute for Health Information (hospitalization) data.

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