Notes
aDeaths per 100,000 population.
bDeaths per 100,000 population in each age group.
cChange less than 0.5%.
All Unintentional Injuries
The term "unintentional" covers most deaths from injury and poisoning. Excluded are homicides (including legal intervention), suicides, deaths for which none of these categories can be determined, and war deaths.
Motor-Vehicle Accidents
Includes deaths involving mechanically or electrically powered highway-transport vehicles in motion (except those on rails), both on and off the highway or street.
Falls
Includes deaths from falls from one level to another or on the same level. Excludes falls in or from transport vehicles, or while boarding or alighting from them.
Poisoning by Solids and Liquids
Includes deaths from drugs, medicines, mushrooms, and shellfish, as well as commonly recognized poisons. Excludes poisonings from spoiled foods, salmonella, etc., which are classified as disease deaths.
Drowning
Includes all drownings (work and nonwork) in boat accidents and those resulting from swimming, playing in the water, or falling in. Excludes drownings in floods and other cataclysms which are classified to the cataclysm.
Fires, Burns, and Deaths Associated with Fires
Includes deaths from fires, burns, and from injuries in conflagrations--such as asphyxiation, falls, and struck by falling objects. Excludes burns from hot objects or liquids.
Suffocation by Ingested Object
Includes deaths from unintentional ingestion or inhalation of food or other objects resulting in the obstruction of respiratory passages.
Firearms
Includes unintentional deaths from firearms injuries principally in recreational activities or on home premises. Excludes deaths from explosive material or in war operations.
Poisoning by Gases and Vapors
Mostly carbon monoxide due to incomplete combustion, involving cooking and heating equipment and standing motor vehicles. Excludes deaths in conflagrations, or associated with transport vehicles in motion.
All Other Types
Most important types included are: medical and surgical complications and misadventures, machinery, air transport, water transport (except drownings), mechanical suffocation, and excessive cold.
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
3,000
3,500
12,700
26,200
16,400
8,800
23,200
Death Rateb
15.7
9.0
34.7
31.3
29.6
47.6
148.9
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
1,100
2,000
9,900
14,000
7,900
3,200
5,100
Death Rateb
5.7
5.2
27.1
16.7
14.2
17.3
32.7
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
70
80
250
1,000
1,500
1,900
10,100
Death Rateb
0.4
0.2
0.7
1.2
2.7
10.3
64.8
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
30
20
450
5,500
2,100
200
300
Death Rateb
0.2
0.1
1.2
6.6
3.8
1.1
1.9
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
600
450
600
1,200
550
300
300
Death Rateb
3.1
1.2
1.6
1.4
1.0
1.6
1.9
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
450
250
250
700
700
500
850
Death Rateb
2.3
0.6
0.7
0.8
1.3
2.7
5.5
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
140
60
50
250
550
450
1,800
Death Rateb
0.7
0.2
0.1
0.3
1.0
2.4
11.6
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
40
180
450
450
240
80
60
Death Rateb
0.2
0.5
1.2
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
20
60
100
200
160
70
90
Death Rateb
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.6
Deaths
Age
0-4
5-14
15-24
25-44
45-64
65-74
75 +
Deaths
550
400
650
2,900
2,700
2,100
4,600
Death Rateb
2.9
1.0
1.8
3.5
4.9
11.4
29.5
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September 25, 1998