Falls were the most common cause of injuries treated in the emergency department in 2010, according to a statistical brief from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The total number of injury-related ED visits in 2010 was 22 million.
The top twelve causes of injuries that were treated in the ED, according to the brief, were:
1. Falls — 35.7 percent
2. Struck by an object — 18.3 percent
3. Motor vehicle — 12.5 percent
4. Overexertion — 10.3 percent
5. Cut — 10 percent
6. Nature/environment — 5 percent
7. Poison — 3.3 percent
8. Other types of transport — 3.1 percent
9. Fire — 1.8 percent
10. Machinery — 0.6 percent
11. Firearm — 0.3 percent
12. Suffocation — 0.1 percent
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The total number of injury-related ED visits in 2010 was 22 million.
The top twelve causes of injuries that were treated in the ED, according to the brief, were:
1. Falls — 35.7 percent
2. Struck by an object — 18.3 percent
3. Motor vehicle — 12.5 percent
4. Overexertion — 10.3 percent
5. Cut — 10 percent
6. Nature/environment — 5 percent
7. Poison — 3.3 percent
8. Other types of transport — 3.1 percent
9. Fire — 1.8 percent
10. Machinery — 0.6 percent
11. Firearm — 0.3 percent
12. Suffocation — 0.1 percent
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