Injury mortality among children and adolescents, Arizona

              Bureau of Public Health Statistics
Office of Epidemiology and Statistics
Public Health Services
INJURY MORTALITY
AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Arizona, 1988- 1998
~ Leadership for a Healthy Arizona ~
Jane Dee Hull, Governor
State of Arizona
James L. Schamadan, M. D., Acting Director
Arizona Department of Health Services
OFFICE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND STATISTICS
BUREAU OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
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INJURY MORTALITY
AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
BY
CHRISTOPHER K. MRELA, PH. D.,
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
IN COOPERATION WITH
TRENTHAM COE, SENIOR RESEARCH DATA ANALYST
MAY 2000
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INJURY MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table of Contents
Page
PURPOSE ........................................................................................... 1
METHODS AND SOURCES ................................................................... 1
KEY FINDINGS................................................................................... 2
List of Figures ............................................................................................ 5
Figure 1......................................................................................................... 7
AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS BY MORTALITY CATEGORY
AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 1- 19 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Figure 2......................................................................................................... 7
RATES OF DEATH FROM INJURIES BY AGE GROUP AMONG CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENTS IN ARIZONA ( 1998) AND UNITED STATES ( 1997)
Figure 3......................................................................................................... 8
RATES OF INJURY DEATHS BY AGE GROUP AMONG PERSONS 0- 19
YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Figure 4......................................................................................................... 8
AGE- SPECIFIC MORTALITY RATES FOR DROWNING AND MOTOR
VEHICLE- RELATED INJURIES AMONG PERSONS 19 OR YOUNGER
IN ARIZONA, 1998
Figure 5......................................................................................................... 9
INJURY DEATHS BY TYPE AND ETHNIC GROUP AMONG INFANTS
UNDER ONE YEAR, ARIZONA, 1998
Figure 6......................................................................................................... 9
INJURY DEATHS BY TYPE AND ETHNIC GROUP AMONG CHILDREN
0- 14 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1998
Figure 7....................................................................................................... 10
INJURY DEATHS BY TYPE AND ETHNIC GROUP AMONG ADOLESCENTS
15- 19 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1998
Figure 8....................................................................................................... 10
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM NEGLECT, ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT
AMONG CHILDREN 0- 14 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Figure 9....................................................................................................... 11
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 0- 4 YEARS OLD
BY STATE IN 1997
Figure 10..................................................................................................... 12
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 5- 9 YEARS OLD
BY STATE IN 1997
Figure 11..................................................................................................... 13
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 10- 14 YEARS OLD
BY STATE IN 1997
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Figure 12..................................................................................................... 14
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR ADOLESCENTS 15- 19 YEARS OLD
BY STATE IN 1997
Figure 13..................................................................................................... 15
DROWNING MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 0- 4 YEARS OLD
BY STATE IN 1997
Figure 14..................................................................................................... 16
TRENDS IN THE NUMBER OF DROWNINGS AND DROWNING RATES
BY YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 1- 4 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
List of Tables............................................................................................. 17
Table 1 ........................................................................................................ 19
RATES OF DEATH FROM TYPES OF INJURIES AND FROM NATURAL
CAUSES AMONG AGE GROUPS OF PERSONS 0- 19 YEARS
OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 2 ........................................................................................................ 20
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM TYPES OF INJURIES AND DEATHS
FROM NATURAL CAUSES AMONG PERSONS 0- 19 YEARS OLD
BY AGE GROUP AND YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 3 ........................................................................................................ 21
MORTALITY RATES BY INJURY TYPE AND AGE GROUP AMONG INFANTS,
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 0- 19 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA ( 1998)
AND UNITED STATES ( 1997)
Table 4 ........................................................................................................ 22
MORTALITY RATES FOR LEADING CAUSES OF UNINTENTIONAL
INJURY AMONG PERSONS 0- 19 YEARS OLD BY AGE GROUP AND YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 5 ........................................................................................................ 23
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG PERSONS 0- 19
YEARS OF AGE BY AGE GROUP, ETHNIC GROUP AND YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 6 ........................................................................................................ 24
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG PERSONS 0- 19
YEARS OLD BY GENDER AND YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 7 ........................................................................................................ 24
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG INFANTS
UNDER 1 YEAR BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 8 ........................................................................................................ 25
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN
1- 4 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 9 ........................................................................................................ 25
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG
CHILDREN 5- 9 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
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Table 10 ...................................................................................................... 26
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN
10- 14 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 11 ...................................................................................................... 26
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG ADOLESCENTS
15- 19 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND
YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 12 ...................................................................................................... 27
ANNUAL NUMBERS OF MOTOR VEHICLE, OTHER ROAD VEHICLE AND
RAILWAY- RELATED FATALITIES BY PERSON INJURED AND AGE GROUP
( AGES 0- 19), ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 13 ...................................................................................................... 28
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR
AMONG INFANTS, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 14 ...................................................................................................... 29
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR
AMONG CHILDREN 1- 4 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 15 ...................................................................................................... 30
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR
AMONG CHILDREN 5- 9 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 16 ...................................................................................................... 31
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR
AMONG CHILDREN 10- 14 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 17 ...................................................................................................... 32
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR
AMONG ADOLESCENTS 15- 19 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 18 ...................................................................................................... 33
NEGLECT, ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT AS CAUSES OF DEATH
AMONG CHILDREN 0- 14 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 19 ...................................................................................................... 34
RATES OF DEATH FROM INJURIES AMONG PERSONS 19 OR LESS YEARS
OLD BY TYPE OF INJURY, AGE GROUP AND ETHNICITY, ARIZONA, 1997
Table 20 ...................................................................................................... 35
DROWNINGS AND DROWNING RATES BY AGE AMONG CHILDREN
0- 4 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 21 ...................................................................................................... 36
DROWNING DEATHS BY PLACE AND/ OR CIRCUMSTANCES OF IMMERSION
( CHILDREN 0- 4) BY YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 22 ...................................................................................................... 37
NUMBER OF DROWNINGS AMONG CHILDREN 0- 4 YEARS OF AGE
BY REGION AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
Table 23 ...................................................................................................... 38
NUMBER OF DROWNINGS BY MONTH AND YEAR AMONG CHILDREN
0- 4 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this report is to
provide information concerning
injury mortality among infants,
children ( ages 1- 14) and
adolescents ( ages 15- 19) in
Arizona. The data for 1998 are
placed in a temporal context by
comparison with the data for the
preceding ten years.
METHODS AND SOURCES
Data on the number and
characteristics of injury deaths
among Arizona residents 19 years
old or younger were obtained from
the death certificates filed with the
Arizona Department of Health
Services.
In this report, fatal injuries as the
underlying cause of death are
defined and coded according to
ICD- 9* in the following manner:
E800- E949: unintentional injuries;
E950- E979: specified intent, self-inflicted
injury in suicide ( E950-
E959) and injuries purposely
inflicted by other person ( E960-
E979);
E980- E989: unknown, an inves-tigation
by a medical or legal
authority has not determined
whether the injuries are
unintentional, homicidal or
suicidal.
Population denominators for
Arizona residents, used to
calculate rates, are projections
from the Population Statistics Unit
in the Arizona Department of
Economic Security ( data for 1988-
1989 and 1993- 1998) and the
U. S. Census Bureau ( data for 1990
and data by ethnic group for
1998). Detailed population data by
gender, age and county were
unavailable for 1991- 1992. In
order to obtain the population
denominators for these two years,
the 1990 percentages of
population breakdowns ( or census
shares) were applied to 1991 and
1992 total state or county
population estimates published by
the DES.
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* International Statistical Classification of
Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death.
Geneva: World Health Organization, 1977.
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KEY FINDINGS
! Injury is the leading cause of
death among children ( except
infants under one year) and
adolescents both nationwide and in
Arizona. Injury surpasses all major
diseases as the cause of
premature mortality among
preschoolers 1- 4 years old,
children 5- 9 years old, children
ages 10- 14 and adolescents 15- 19
years of age ( Table 1).
! Between 1988 and 1998
injuries caused seven out of every
ten deaths ( 68.5 percent, or 4,466
fatal injuries among 6,520 total
deaths of Arizonans 1- 19 years
old. Unintentional injuries
accounted for 2 times as many
deaths as homicides and suicides
combined ( Figure 1).
! Compared to the national rates
of injury mortality, the 1998 injury
death rates were 47 percent
higher for Arizona children under
five, 21.7 percent higher for
children 10- 14 years old, and 23.9
percent higher for adolescents 15-
19 years old ( Figure 2, Table 3).
! Among age groups ( Table 1),
children 5- 9 years old had the
lowest 1998 rate of injury death
( 8.5 fatalities per 100,000 Arizona
children in this age group),
followed by children 10- 14 years
of age ( 15.7/ 100,000), infants
( 25.7/ 100,000), and
preschoolers 1- 4 years old
( 28.0/ 100,000), while the rate
was 8.5 times as high for
adolescents 15 to 19 years of age
( 72.6/ 100,000) compared to
children 5- 9 years old.
! Motor vehicle collisions and
drowning are the two major
events, which lead to an
unintentional injury death for
children and adolescents ( Figure
4, Table 4). Motor vehicle crashes
fatally injured 175 Arizona infants,
children and adolescents in 1998.
! The third leading event
responsible for an unintentional
injury death differed according to
age group ( Table 4). In Arizona,
in the eleven- year period from
1988 to 1998, it was suffocation
( aspiration of food or other foreign
object or mechanical suffocation)
among infants and children 5 to 9
years old, burning by fire among
preschoolers one to four years old,
firearms among children ages10-
14 and poisoning/ drug misuse
among adolescents 15- 19 years
old.
! Black infants and American
Indian children and adolescents
had the highest rates of injury
death among ethnic groups in
1998. ( Figure 5, Figure 6,
Figure 7, Table 20).
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! The homicide rate among
teenagers 15- 19 years old
decreased for the third consecutive
year from 33.4/ 100,000 in 1995 to
16.8/ 100,000 in 1998 ( Table 1).
During 1998, Black adolescents
were 5.8 times more likely than
non- Hispanic whites to be
murdered ( 39.4/ 100,000 vs.
6.8/ 100,000; Table 19).
! The rate of suicide fatalities
among adolescents 15- 19 years
old declined from 23.7/ 100,000 in
1997 to 15.2/ 100,000 in 1998
( Table 1). During 1998, American
Indian teenagers were 2.8 times
more likely than Blacks to end
their own lives ( 18.5/ 100,000 vs.
6.6/ 100,000; Table 19).
! From 1988 to 1998, among
2,114 fatally injured infants and
children under 15 years, 301 ( 14.2
percent) were victims of neglect,
maltreatment or murder ( Figure
8, Table 18).
! During 1997 ( the latest year for
which the data are available by
state), the injury mortality rates
among preschoolers 0- 4 years old
ranged from 3.2/ 100,000 in Rhode
Island to 48.6/ 100,000 in Alaska.
Arizona adolescents ranked eighth
in the nation ( Figure 9).
! Injury mortality rates for 5- 9
year olds ranged from
1.5/ 100,000 in Rhode Island to
21.9/ 100,000 in Alaska. Arizona
ranked twelfth ( Figure 10) among
the 50 states and the District of
Columbia.
! Among children 10- 14 years old
in 1997, injury mortality rates
ranged from 4.6/ 100,000 in Rhode
Island to 26.2/ 100,000 in South
Dakota. Arizona children ages 10-
14 also ranked twelfth in the
nation ( Figure 11).
! Injury mortality rates among
adolescents 15- 19 years old
ranged from 26.6/ 100,000 in New
Hampshire to 268.1/ 100,000 in
the District of Columbia.
Arizona adolescents ranked eighth
among all states ( Figure 12).
! Drowning mortality rates for
children under 5 years of age
ranged from zero ( no fatalities) in
Rhode Island, Wyoming, New
Hampshire, Nebraska and the
District of Columbia to
9.2/ 100,000 in Montana. Arizona,
ranked second highest in the
nation ( Figure 13).
! Motor vehicle- related injuries
displaced drowning as the leading
cause of unintentional injury death
among Arizona preschoolers 1- 4
years old. Motor vehicle crashes
were the leading cause of
unintentional injury death among
preschoolers in 9 of the 11 years
from 1988 to 1998 ( Table 14).
! The number of drowning deaths
per 100,000 Arizona children 1- 4
years old increased for the second
consecutive year from 8.5 in 1996
to 9.1 in 1997 and 9.7 in 1998
( Table 20), the third highest
annual rate since 1988 ( Figure
14)
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INJURY MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
FIGURES
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FIGURE 1
AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS BY MORTALITY CATEGORY AMONG
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 1 - 19 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Natural cause
31.7%
Unintentional
injury
44.5%
Homicide
12.7%
Suicide
10.1%
Unknown
intent
1.1%
Natural
Cause
31.7%
Unintentional
Injury
44.5%
Suicide
10.1%
Homicide
12.7%
Unknown
Intent
1.1%
FIGURE 2
RATES OF DEATH FROM INJURIES BY AGE GROUP AMONG CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS IN ARIZONA ( 1998) AND UNITED STATES ( 1997*)
18.6
8.8
12.9
58.6
27.3
8.5
15.7
72.6
5- 9 10- 14 15- 19
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
U. S. AZ
* Number of injury deaths per 100,000
persons in specified age group:
* The latest year for which the U. S. data are available.
0- 4
0
20
40
60
80
100
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FIGURE 3
RATES OF INJURY DEATHS BY AGE GROUP AMONG PERSONS 0 - 19 YEARS OLD,
ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
15- 19
< 1
10- 14
1- 4
5- 9
Number of injury deaths per 100,000
persons in specified age group:
FIGURE 4
AGE- SPECIFIC MORTALITY RATES FOR DROWNING AND MOTOR VEHICLE- RELATED
INJURIES AMONG PERSONS 19 OR YOUNGER, ARIZONA, 1998
1.3
9.7
0.8 0.9 1.2
6.4
10.1
5.2 5.0
32.3
< 1 1- 4 5- 9 10- 14 15- 19
0.0
8.0
16.0
24.0
32.0
40.0
Drowning Motor vehicle- related injury
Number of deaths per 100,000 persons
in specified age group per year:
40
32
24
16
8
0
9
FIGURE 5
INJURY DEATHS BY TYPE AND ETHNIC GROUP AMONG INFANTS
UNDER ONE YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Black
Hispanic
Non- Hispanic
white
American
Indian
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0
Unintentional Injury Homicide Unknown Intent
Number of deaths by type of injury
per 100,000 infants in specified
ethnic group:
76.1
41.6
13.0
NO FATALITIES
0 20 40 60 80
FIGURE 6
INJURY DEATHS BY TYPE AND ETHNIC GROUP AMONG
CHILDREN 0 - 14 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
American
Indian
Hispanic
Non- Hispanic
white
Black
0 10 20 30 40
Unintentional Injury
Homicide
Suicide
Number of deaths by type of injury
per 100,000 children in specified
ethnic group:
34.6
16.1
13.9
9.3
10
FIGURE 7
INJURY DEATHS BY TYPE AND ETHNIC GROUP AMONG ADOLESCENTS
15 - 19 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
American
Indian
Blac k
Hispanic
Non- Hispanic
white
0.0 35.0 70.0 105.0 140.0
Unintentional
Injury
Homicide Suicide
Number of deaths by type of injury per 100,000 adolescents
15- 19 years old in specified ethnic group:
91.8
126.1
73.3
53.6
0 35 70 105 140
FIGURE 8
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM NEGLECT, ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT
AMONG CHILDREN 0 - 14 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Child battering,
61 deaths
Other injury purposely
inflicted by other person*,
213 deaths
Exposure to weather
conditions, 6 deaths
Abandonment, 3 deaths
Criminal neglect, 2 deaths
Lack of food,
1 death
* Excludes child battering and criminal neglect. See Table 18 for details.
FIGURE 9
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 0 - 4 YEARS OLD BY STATE IN 1997*
0 10 20 30 40 50
* This is the latest year for which the data are available by state, All rates except those for Arizona
are from the Injury Mortality Dataset available at: http:// wonder. cdc. gov/ injury. shtml
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48.6
39.6
37.2
33.2
31.0
30.8
30.3
28.9
28.4
27.3
26.8
26.2
24.8
24.5
24.2
24.1
22.5
21.6
21.5
21.3
21.1
20.8
20.3
20.0
19.9
19.3
19.3
18.9
18.9
18.7
18.6
18.6
18.1
18.0
17.9
17.6
17.3
17.2
15.8
15.2
14.6
14.5
14.1
13.5
13.3
12.4
11.6
11.5
9.8
6.8
5.0
3.2
Alaska
Arkansas
Mississippi
Montana
Oklahoma
Nevada
South Dakota
ARIZONA
Alabama
Idaho
Louisiana
New Mexico
Missouri
Kansas
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Florida
Oregon
Hawaii
South Carolina
Georgia
Texas
Delaware
North Carolina
Tennessee
Wyoming
Nebraska
Indiana
Washington
Maine
Colorado
UNITED STATES
Michigan
Iowa
Utah
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
New Jersey
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Minnesota
Maryland
New York
Connecticut
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0
Number of all injury deaths per
100,000 adolescents 0- 4 years of age
FIGURE 10
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 5 - 9 YEARS OLD BY STATE IN 1997*
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
* This is the latest year for which the data are available by state, All rates except those for Arizona
are from the Injury Mortality Dataset available at: http:// wonder. cdc. gov/ injury. shtml
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21.9
18.8
16.4
16.1
16.1
15.9
14.4
14.2
13.7
13.5
12.2
12.1
11.7
11.5
11.5
11.3
10.4
10.2
10.2
10.0
9.8
9.8
9.6
9.5
9.4
9.4
9.0
9.0
8.8
8.8
8.7
8.6
8.6
8.0
8.0
7.7
7.6
7.2
7.0
6.8
6.4
6.2
5.0
4.8
4.7
4.7
3.9
2.4
2.3
2.3
2.0
1.5
Alaska
Arkansas
West Virginia
Idaho
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
ARIZONA
Wyoming
Michigan
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Missouri
South Carolina
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Montana
Washington
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Indiana
Oregon
District of Columbia
UNITED STATES
Ohio
Maryland
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Iowa
Florida
Maine
Illinois
California
Colorado
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Nevada
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Delaware
Rhode Island
0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 15.0 18.0 21.0 24.0
Number of all injury deaths per
100,000 adolescents 5- 9 years of age
FIGURE 11
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 10 - 14 YEARS OLD BY STATE IN 1997*
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27
* This is the latest year for which the data are available by state, All rates except those for Arizona
are from the Injury Mortality Dataset available at: http:// wonder. cdc. gov/ injury. shtml
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26.2
26.0
25.0
22.5
21.5
21.1
20.5
20.5
20.2
19.7
19.6
18.9
18.4
18.3
17.9
17.8
17.5
17.4
17.1
16.6
16.4
16.2
15.2
15.2
14.3
14.2
14.2
13.9
13.7
13.3
13.2
12.9
12.8
12.7
12.5
11.9
11.9
11.4
11.3
11.2
11.1
10.6
10.2
10.2
9.8
9.3
9.2
8.6
8.3
7.9
7.0
4.6
South Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming
Alaska
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
West Virginia
Montana
Oklahoma
District of Columbia
ARIZONA
Utah
Vermont
Louisiana
New Mexico
South Carolina
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia
Colorado
Kansas
Oregon
Nevada
Kentucky
Missouri
North Dakota
Texas
Florida
Indiana
Nebraska
UNITED STATES
Michigan
Virginia
Delaware
Iowa
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Illinois
Maine
Ohio
Washington
Hawaii
Minnesota
California
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Maryland
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 15.0 18.0 21.0 24.0 27.0
Number of all injury deaths
per 100,000 adolescents
10- 14 years of age
FIGURE 12
INJURY MORTALITY RATES FOR ADOLESCENTS 15 - 19 YEARS OLD BY STATE IN 1997*
0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270
* This is the latest year for which the data are available by state, All rates except those for Arizona
are from the Injury Mortality Dataset available at: http:// wonder. cdc. gov/ injury. shtml
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268.1
92.0
91.0
89.0
85.5
83.3
83.3
80.0
78.5
77.9
75.2
73.5
73.3
70.2
69.7
69.1
68.2
68.1
67.8
67.5
67.1
67.0
65.7
65.7
63.0
62.5
61.1
60.4
60.0
59.6
58.8
58.6
58.1
57.5
55.6
54.6
53.4
52.8
52.6
52.0
49.6
47.7
46.7
41.7
40.9
37.3
37.3
35.5
34.9
28.5
26.9
26.6
District of Columbia
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alaska
Louisiana
South Dakota
Oklahoma
ARIZONA
Wyoming
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Kansas
Idaho
Delaware
New Mexico
Utah
Nebraska
Nevada
Texas
South Carolina
Georgia
Indiana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Maryland
Michigan
Virginia
Illinois
UNITED STATES
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Florida
Oregon
Colorado
California
Washington
Iowa
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Minnesota
Ohio
Connecticut
Maine
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Vermont
Hawaii
New Hampshire
0.0 30.0 60.0 90.0 120.0150.0180.0210.0240.0270.0
Number of all injury deaths per 100,000
adolescents 15- 19 years of age
FIGURE 13
DROWNING MORTALITY RATES FOR CHILDREN 0 - 4 YEARS OLD BY STATE IN 1997
0 2.5 5 7.5 10
* This is the latest year for which the data are available by state, All rates except those for Arizona
are from the Injury Mortality Dataset available at: http:// wonder. cdc. gov/ injury. shtml
15
9.2
7.8
7.7
6.1
6.1
6.1
5.7
4.6
4.5
4.4
4.3
4.2
3.5
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.1
3.1
3.0
3.0
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.3
2.2
2.1
1.9
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Montana
ARIZONA
Florida
Delaware
Alaska
South Dakota
Arkansas
Nevada
New Mexico
Idaho
Maine
Indiana
Oklahoma
Oregon
Missouri
Texas
Louisiana
Washington
Alabama
California
Mississippi
Vermont
Georgia
Kansas
UNITED STATES
North Dakota
Ohio
Kentucky
Hawaii
Colorado
Michigan
Tennessee
Iowa
South Carolina
Illinois
Utah
Massachusetts
Maryland
Connecticut
North Carolina
Virginia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Wyoming
0.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0
Number of drownings per 100,000
children 0- 4 years of age
00
0
00
FIGURE 14
TRENDS IN THE NUMBER OF DROWNINGS AND DROWNING RATES* BY
YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 1 - 4 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
,
,
,
,
,
,
, ,
,
,
,
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
0
4
8
12
16
12
19
26
33
40
No. of drownings , Drowning rates
Drowning rates
( left- hand scale)
Number of drownings
( right- hand scale)
* Number of drowning deaths per 100,000 children 1- 4 years old.
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INJURY MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
DATA
TABLES
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TABLE 1
RATES OF DEATH FROM TYPES OF INJURIES AND FROM NATURAL CAUSES
AMONG AGE GROUPS OF PERSONS 0 - 19 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Age Group and Cause of Death
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
UNDER 1 YEAR2
Mortality from all causes
Deaths from natural causes
Deaths from injuries
( Unintentional injuries)
( Homicide)
( Unknown intent)
967.3
773.5
41.2
( 30.5)
( 6.1)
( 4.6)
920.6
871.0
49.6
( 39.0)
( 10.5)
(-)
874.8
832.7
42.1
( 33.4)
( 8.7)
(-)
858.3
815.7
42.6
( 32.3)
( 8.8)
( 1.5)
834.8
781.9
52.9
( 36.7)
( 16.2)
(-)
769.2
735.8
33.3
( 26.1)
( 5.8)
( 1.4)
785.7
726.5
59.2
( 45.1)
( 9.9)
( 4.2)
758.4
728.0
30.4
( 19.3)
( 11.1)
(-)
767.0
729.7
37.3
( 30.6)
( 5.3)
( 1.3)
717.3
678.9
38.4
( 23.8)
( 7.9)
( 4.0)
759.6
733.9
25.7
( 18.0)
( 1.3)
( 5.1)
1- 4 YEARS
Mortality from all causes
Deaths from natural causes
Deaths from injuries
( Unintentional injuries)
( Homicide)
( Unknown intent)
63.2
28.3
34.8
( 29.9)
( 4.6)
( 0.4)
56.0
24.8
31.2
( 27.1)
( 4.1)
(-)
49.3
25.3
24.0
( 20.7)
( 3.3)
(-)
56.5
28.2
28.2
( 25.8)
( 1.6)
( 0.8)
50.4
22.4
27.9
( 24.8)
( 2.8)
( 0.4)
55.0
27.3
27.7
( 24.7)
( 3.0)
(-)
55.0
25.0
30.0
( 23.9)
( 5.4)
( 0.7)
51.9
20.5
31.4
( 27.0)
( 4.0)
( 0.4)
48.1
20.4
27.8
( 23.7)
( 3.0)
( 1.1)
47.1
21.2
25.9
( 22.7)
( 1.1)
( 1.1)
53.9
25.2
28.0
( 24.8)
( 3.2)
(-)
5- 9 YEARS
Mortality from all causes
Deaths from natural causes
Deaths from injuries
( Unintentional injuries)
( Homicide)
( Unknown intent)
19.9
8.8
10.5
( 9.1)
( 1.4)
(-)
23.6
9.5
14.0
( 12.7)
( 1.3)
(-)
21.3
10.3
11.0
( 9.2)
( 1.4)
( 0.4)
22.5
10.7
11.8
( 11.1)
( 0.4)
( 0.4)
25.2
13.5
11.7
( 10.6)
( 1.1)
(-)
26.2
12.6
13.6
( 12.3)
( 1.3)
(-)
20.3
11.3
9.0
( 8.0)
( 1.0)
(-)
21.1
8.9
12.1
( 11.5)
( 0.6)
(-)
21.6
9.2
12.4
( 9.2)
( 2.3)
( 0.9)
24.1
12.1
12.1
( 10.7)
( 0.8)
( 0.3)
19.3
10.2
8.5
( 7.2)
( 1.1)
( 0.3)
10- 14 YEARS
Mortality from all causes
Deaths from natural causes
Deaths from injuries
( Unintentional injuries)
( Homicide)
( Suicide)
( Unknown intent)
37.1
15.2
21.9
( 16.4)
( 3.6)
( 2.0)
(-)
27.6
12.2
15.3
( 12.6)
( 0.8)
( 1.1)
(-)
30.6
11.6
19.0
( 15.5)
( 1.9)
( 1.6)
(-)
23.4
7.9
15.5
( 10.9)
( 1.5)
( 2.3)
( 0.8)
33.4
11.8
21.7
( 12.1)
( 5.5)
( 3.7)
( 0.4)
38.4
15.7
22.7
( 14.3)
( 3.8)
( 3.8)
( 0.7)
34.4
15.7
18.7
( 12.3)
( 1.4)
( 3.1)
( 2.0)
36.8
9.7
27.1
( 17.0)
( 4.4)
( 3.7)
( 2.0)
30.5
11.4
19.1
( 13.5)
( 3.1)
( 2.2)
( 0.3)
31.1
12.3
18.9
( 13.5)
( 2.1)
( 2.1)
( 0.6)
24.8
8.7
15.7
( 9.0)
( 3.5)
( 2.9)
( 0.3)
15- 19 YEARS
Mortality from all causes
Deaths from natural causes
Deaths from injuries
( Unintentional injuries)
( Homicide)
( Suicide)
( Unknown intent)
103.0
15.3
87.7
( 58.2)
( 9.8)
( 18.5)
( 1.2)
101.6
18.7
82.9
( 53.3)
( 10.5)
( 18.7)
( 0.4)
90.5
15.7
74.7
( 47.5)
( 10.7)
( 16.1)
( 0.4)
97.0
16.4
80.6
( 40.3)
( 19.0)
( 18.3)
( 3.0)
85.9
14.9
71.0
( 39.0)
( 18.6)
( 12.4)
( 1.1)
117.0
20.0
97.1
( 48.9)
( 23.9)
( 22.7)
( 1.6)
115.6
18.3
97.3
( 43.9)
( 27.9)
( 23.7)
( 1.9)
130.4
20.5
109.9
( 52.8)
( 33.4)
( 18.7)
( 5.0)
114.6
20.8
93.8
( 46.1)
( 24.4)
( 18.2)
( 5.1)
103.1
23.1
80.0
( 35.7)
( 19.0)
( 23.7)
( 1.6)
90.9
16.2
72.6
( 39.9)
( 16.8)
( 15.2)
( 0.6)
1 Number of deaths per 100,000 population in specified age group per year.
2 Number of births was used as the denominator for death rate calculations among infants.
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Note: Mortality from all causes includes deaths from natural causes, deaths from injuries and deaths from unknown causes ( not shown above).
TABLE 2
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM TYPES OF INJURIES AND DEATHS FROM NATURAL CAUSES AMONG PERSONS 0 TO
19 YEARS OLD BY AGE GROUP AND YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
634 613 602 584 568 531 557 549 576 542 592
607 580 573 555 532 508 515 527 548 513 572
27 33 29 29 36 23 41 22 28 27 20
20 26 23 22 25 18 32 14 23 18 14
4 7 6 6 11 4 7 8 4 6 4
3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 2
165 151 119 140 128 147 152 142 130 129 150
74 67 61 70 57 72 69 56 55 58 70
91 84 58 70 71 74 82 85 74 68 78
78 73 50 64 63 66 66 74 64 62 69
12 11 8 4 7 8 15 11 8 3 9
1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 0
57 74 60 65 69 79 63 66 75 86 70
26 30 29 31 37 36 35 28 32 43 37
31 44 31 34 32 41 28 38 40 42 31
27 40 26 32 29 37 25 36 32 38 26
4 4 4 1 3 4 3 2 8 3 4
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
93 72 79 62 91 110 101 110 99 104 85
38 32 30 21 32 45 46 29 37 41 30
55 40 49 41 59 65 55 76 61 61 54
41 33 40 29 33 41 36 51 44 45 31
5 3 4 6 10 11 9 11 7 7 10
9 2 5 4 15 11 4 13 10 7 12
0 2 0 2 1 2 6 1 0 2 1
262 261 236 260 236 299 303 363 353 326 298
39 48 39 44 38 47 48 57 64 64 53
223 213 197 216 195 248 254 297 279 253 238
148 137 124 108 107 125 115 147 142 114 131
47 48 42 49 34 58 62 52 56 75 50
25 27 28 51 51 61 73 93 75 60 55
3 1 3 8 3 4 4 5 6 4 2
Mortality from all causes
- Deaths from natural causes
- Deaths from injuries
--( Unintentional injuries)
--( Homicide)
--( Unknown intent)
< 1
Mortality from all causes
- Deaths from natural causes
- Deaths from injuries
--( Unintentional injuries)
--( Homicide)
--( Unknown intent)
1- 4
Mortality from all causes
- Deaths from natural causes
- Deaths from injuries
--( Unintentional injuries)
--( Homicide)
--( Unknown intent)
5- 9
Mortality from all causes
- Deaths from natural causes
- Deaths from injuries
--( Unintentional injuries)
--( Suicide)
--( Homicide)
--( Unknown intent)
10- 14
Mortality from all causes
- Deaths from natural causes
- Deaths from injuries
--( Unintentional injuries)
--( Suicide)
--( Homicide)
--( Unknown intent)
15- 19
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Year
20
TABLE 2
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM TYPES OF INJURIES AND DEATHS FROM NATURAL CAUSES
AMONG PERSONS 0 - 19 YEARS OLD BY AGE GROUP AND YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
21
TABLE 3
MORTALITY RATES 1 BY INJURY TYPE AND AGE GROUP
AMONG INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 0 - 19 YEARS OLD,
ARIZONA ( 1998) AND UNITED STATES ( 1997)
AGE GROUP:
Category of injury
0- 4
5- 9
10- 14
15- 19
All Injury Deaths
ARIZONA
U. S.
27.3
18.6
8.5
8.8
15.7
12.9
72.6
58.6
Unintentional injury, total
ARIZONA
U. S.
23.6
14.5
7.2
7.8
9.0
9.7
39.9
34.6
--- Motor Vehicle- Related, total
ARIZONA
U. S.
9.4
4.9
5.2
4.3
5.0
5.9
32.3
27.3
--- Drowning
ARIZONA
U. S.
8.0
2.7
0.8
1.2
0.9
1.1
1.2
1.8
--- Poisoning
ARIZONA
U. S.
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
1.8
1.3
--- Suffocation
ARIZONA
U. S.
4.3
2.7
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.9
0.4
--- Fire/ Flames
ARIZONA
U. S.
0.9
2.1
0.0
0.9
1.2
0.5
0.0
0.5
Homicide
ARIZONA
U. S.
3.7
3.6
1.1
0.9
3.5
1.5
16.8
13.6
Suicide
ARIZONA
U. S.
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
1.6
15.2
9.5
Firearms2
ARIZONA
U. S.
0.9
0.4
0.8
0.5
4.7
2.3
26.2
18.8
1 The U. S. data for 1997 ( the latest available year) are from the Injury Mortality Data Set at
http:// wonder. cdc. gov/ injury. shtml
2 Includes unintentional injuries caused by firearms, firearm- suicides, firearm- homicides and
firearm- related fatalities which are undetermined whether they were purposely or accidentally
inflicted.
TABLE 4
MORTALITY RATES 1 FOR LEADING CAUSES 2 OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY AMONG PERSONS
0 - 19 YEARS OLD BY AGE GROUP AND YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Cause of Death by Age Group
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR
Unintentional Injuries
Suffocation
Motor Vehicle- Related
Drowning
30.5
12.2
6.1
9.2
39.0
16.5
10.5
3.0
33.4
16.0
8.7
4.4
32.3
13.2
7.4
7.4
36.7
16.0
8.7
7.3
26.1
11.6
7.2
1.4
45.1
24.0
5.6
5.6
19.3
6.9
8.3
4.1
30.6
12.0
9.3
4.0
23.8
15.9
4.0
1.3
18.0
10.2
6.4
1.3
CHILDREN, 1- 4 YEARS
Unintentional Injuries
Drowning
Motor Vehicle- Related
Fire/ Flames
29.9
9.2
12.6
2.7
27.1
11.9
10.0
0.7
20.7
5.8
9.9
1.2
25.8
8.5
10.9
0.8
24.8
7.1
11.0
2.0
24.7
7.9
11.2
1.9
23.9
8.0
7.2
5.8
27.0
9.9
10.6
2.3
23.7
8.5
10.0
1.9
22.7
9.1
9.9
0.4
24.8
9.7
10.1
1.1
CHILDREN, 5- 9 YEARS
Unintentional Injuries
Motor Vehicle- Related
Drowning
Suffocation
9.1
5.4
1.7
--
12.7
6.7
1.6
0.6
9.2
6.7
1.8
0.4
11.1
6.9
2.4
0.4
10.6
6.7
0.3
0.7
12.3
5.3
2.7
0.7
8.0
3.9
1.9
0.3
11.5
6.7
2.2
1.6
9.2
6.3
0.6
0.6
10.7
6.7
1.4
---
7.2
5.2
0.8
0.6
CHILDREN, 10- 14 YEARS
Unintentional Injuries
Motor Vehicle- Related
Drowning
Firearm- Related
16.4
11.6
2.4
0.4
12.6
9.2
0.8
0.8
15.5
10.8
0.8
0.8
10.9
6.8
1.1
1.1
12.1
7.0
0.7
1.5
14.3
7.3
0.7
2.4
12.3
8.5
-
1.0
17.0
10.4
1.7
1.7
13.5
10.1
0.9
0.3
13.5
9.0
0.6
0.6
9.0
5.0
0.9
0.3
ADOLESCENTS, 15- 19 YEARS
Unintentional Injuries
Motor Vehicle- Related
Drowning
Poisoning/ Drug Misuse
58.2
45.6
1.6
3.2
53.3
38.9
3.5
2.3
47.5
35.3
2.7
1.9
40.3
31.0
0.7
2.6
39.0
26.6
4.0
1.5
48.9
38.4
2.0
1.6
43.9
35.9
1.9
0.8
52.8
41.0
2.9
3.2
46.1
37.0
2.3
1.3
35.7
27.2
2.5
1.9
39.9
32.3
1.2
1.8
1 Number of deaths from unintentional injuries per 100,000 population in specified age group.
2 Leading causes are the three causes with greatest number of deaths over the 1988- 1998 period.
22
TABLE 5
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG PERSONS
0 - 19 YEARS OLD BY AGE GROUP AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1988 - 1998
10 15 13 6 8 3 14 8 10 10 2
4 2 5 8 9 7 11 6 3 2 10
3 2 2 1 2 6 2 0 3 4 1
3 7 3 7 6 2 5 0 6 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
20 26 23 22 25 18 32 14 23 18 14
44 43 26 33 23 29 33 32 27 29 29
18 14 6 19 23 16 17 25 18 22 26
3 3 3 3 2 6 5 6 3 3 2
13 12 14 8 15 13 11 11 16 7 10
0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2
78 73 50 64 63 66 66 74 64 62 69
11 22 11 20 15 22 13 17 13 19 10
7 7 9 7 5 8 5 6 5 12 8
3 7 1 0 2 1 1 5 1 4 0
6 4 4 5 7 6 6 7 12 3 8
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
27 40 26 32 29 37 25 36 32 38 26
23 16 17 18 15 19 21 35 19 27 18
9 8 7 5 11 7 5 9 14 6 7
5 0 3 1 4 4 2 2 1 3 1
4 9 13 4 3 11 8 4 10 8 5
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
41 33 40 29 33 41 36 51 44 45 31
94 78 75 73 67 56 66 80 61 60 68
28 29 21 18 21 38 27 37 47 26 31
2 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 7
24 24 24 13 16 24 17 25 30 25 22
0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
148 137 124 108 107 125 115 147 142 114 131
Non- Hispanic white
Hispanic
Black
American Indian
Asian
TOTAL
< 1
Non- Hispanic white
Hispanic
Black
American Indian
Asian
TOTAL
1- 4
Non- Hispanic white
Hispanic
Black
American Indian
Asian
TOTAL
5- 9
Non- Hispanic white
Hispanic
Black
American Indian
Asian
TOTAL
10- 14
Non- Hispanic white
Hispanic
Black
American Indian
Asian
TOTAL
15- 19
AGE
GROUP
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Year
23
24
TABLE 6
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG PERSONS
0 - 19 YEARS OLD BY GENDER AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1988 - 1998
12 14 13 13 17 11 22 7 14 11 9
8 12 10 9 8 7 10 7 9 7 5
20 26 23 22 25 18 32 14 23 18 14
46 48 37 32 37 40 41 42 36 32 44
32 25 13 32 26 26 25 32 28 30 25
78 73 50 64 63 66 66 74 64 62 69
18 32 17 18 20 21 12 25 22 24 12
9 8 9 14 9 16 13 11 10 14 14
27 40 26 32 29 37 25 36 32 38 26
23 25 29 19 23 30 22 32 25 35 24
18 8 11 10 10 11 14 19 19 10 7
41 33 40 29 33 41 36 51 44 45 31
110 109 99 76 77 87 82 111 101 82 88
38 28 25 32 30 38 33 36 41 32 43
148 137 124 108 107 125 115 147 142 114 131
Male
Female
TOTAL
< 1
Male
Female
TOTAL
1- 4
Male
Female
TOTAL
5- 9
Male
Female
TOTAL
10- 14
Male
Female
TOTAL
15- 19
AGE
GROUP
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
TABLE 7
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG INFANTS UNDER
1 YEAR BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1988 - 1998
1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
0 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 5 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 11 14 7 15 11 17 8 10 14 9
1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
0 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
6 6 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
2 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
20 26 23 22 25 18 32 14 23 18 14
APACHE
COCHISE
COCONINO
GILA
GRAHAM
MARICOPA
MOHAVE
NAVAJO
PIMA
PINAL
SANTA CRUZ
YAVAPAI
YUMA
LA PAZ
UNKNOWN
TOTAL
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
25
TABLE 8
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN
1 - 4 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1988 - 1998
7 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 3
5 1 1 2 1 3 0 3 1 1 2
5 3 2 3 5 1 4 1 5 1 1
0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 39 28 28 29 34 32 37 33 40 42
1 4 1 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1
3 2 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 4 4
11 10 5 11 5 13 13 7 4 4 10
5 6 1 4 9 3 3 7 5 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 0
5 2 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 1 3
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 2
78 73 50 64 63 66 66 74 64 62 69
APACHE
COCHISE
COCONINO
GILA
GRAHAM
GREENLEE
MARICOPA
MOHAVE
NAVAJO
PIMA
PINAL
SANTA CRUZ
YAVAPAI
YUMA
LA PAZ
UNKNOWN
TOTAL
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
TABLE 9
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN
5 - 9 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1988 - 1998
0 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 0 2
0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 0
0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0
14 20 13 14 9 19 13 14 12 19 11
0 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 1
3 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 5 0 1
4 7 3 5 3 3 1 3 2 5 3
4 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 1
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
2 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 3 3
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 2 4 3
27 40 26 32 29 37 25 36 32 38 26
APACHE
COCHISE
COCONINO
GILA
GRAHAM
MARICOPA
MOHAVE
NAVAJO
PIMA
PINAL
SANTA CRUZ
YAVAPAI
YUMA
LA PAZ
UNKNOWN
TOTAL
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
26
TABLE 10
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN
10 - 14 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1988 - 1998
1 4 1 1 0 7 2 0 4 1 0
2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0
1 1 5 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
20 15 18 15 12 16 16 21 19 15 13
2 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 5 1
3 1 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 1 1
6 4 7 4 11 6 4 7 5 9 4
5 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 6 4 3
0 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 2
1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 5 5 4
41 33 40 29 33 41 36 51 44 45 31
APACHE
COCHISE
COCONINO
GILA
GRAHAM
MARICOPA
MOHAVE
NAVAJO
PIMA
PINAL
YAVAPAI
YUMA
LA PAZ
UNKNOWN
TOTAL
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
TABLE 11
NUMBER OF FATAL UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG ADOLESCENTS
15 - 19 YEARS OLD BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND YEAR, ARIZONA 1988 - 1998
12 7 8 5 2 7 7 9 10 6 2
3 5 3 3 2 3 2 6 5 0 5
4 4 6 2 3 4 8 6 10 7 4
3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 5 1 0
1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 1
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
75 56 66 58 56 59 44 68 55 46 58
6 7 5 5 3 4 2 4 4 5 7
4 11 9 3 6 5 0 5 5 7 8
22 23 13 12 18 17 20 15 15 14 18
7 4 8 3 7 8 13 9 6 6 5
1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 1
5 3 2 6 3 6 2 2 4 6 6
3 7 1 4 3 0 1 2 8 3 5
2 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 0
0 0 0 0 1 7 10 14 7 9 9
148 137 124 108 107 125 115 147 142 114 131
APACHE
COCHISE
COCONINO
GILA
GRAHAM
GREENLEE
MARICOPA
MOHAVE
NAVAJO
PIMA
PINAL
SANTA CRUZ
YAVAPAI
YUMA
LA PAZ
UNKNOWN
TOTAL
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
27
TABLE 12
ANNUAL NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLE, OTHER ROAD VEHICLE AND
RAILWAY- RELATED FATALITIES BY PERSON INJURED AND AGE GROUP
( AGES 0 - 19), ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Person Injured and
Age Group
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
DRIVER, 1 TOTAL:
5- 9 Years
10- 14 Years
15- 19 Years
OCCUPANT, 2 TOTAL:
Under 1 Year
1- 4 Years
5- 9 Years
10- 14 Years
15- 19 Years
MOTORCYCLIST 3 TOTAL:
1- 4 Years
5- 9 Years
10- 14 Years
15- 19 Years
PEDAL CYCLIST, TOTAL:
1- 4 Years
5- 9 Years
10- 14 Years
15- 19 Years
PEDESTRIAN, TOTAL
Under 1 Year
1- 4 Years
5- 9 Years
10- 14 Years
15- 19 Years
36
1
1
34
84
3
14
8
11
48
14
0
0
0
14
18
0
0
9
9
47
1
19
7
8
12
30
0
2
28
99
7
7
13
13
59
1
0
0
0
1
7
0
1
4
2
39
0
20
7
4
8
24
0
0
24
90
6
9
8
18
49
13
0
1
2
10
11
2
1
5
3
32
0
13
9
4
6
20
0
0
20
82
3
14
9
8
48
7
0
0
0
7
13
2
4
5
2
33
2
11
7
7
6
17
0
4
13
85
5
12
13
7
48
2
0
0
1
1
8
0
1
2
5
35
1
15
6
5
8
25
0
0
24
99
4
12
8
16
59
4
0
0
0
4
3
0
2
0
1
38
1
17
6
5
9
24
0
1
23
87
4
7
6
14
56
7
0
0
0
7
9
1
4
3
1
29
0
12
3
7
7
30
0
1
29
122
6
13
10
19
74
4
0
0
0
4
9
0
5
3
1
36
0
16
6
8
6
27
0
1
26
118
5
12
11
21
69
2
0
0
1
1
13
0
4
6
3
46
2
15
8
5
16
28
2
2
25
99
2
13
14
20
50
3
0
0
0
3
9
0
1
5
3
34
1
14
7
5
7
36
0
0
36
98
5
8
14
12
59
5
0
1
2
2
6
1
0
3
2
30
0
19
4
0
7
1 Drivers of all motor vehicles except motorcycles.
2 Non- driving occupants of all motor vehicles except motorcycles.
3 Drivers and riders of motorcycles.
TABLE 13
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR AMONG INFANTS, ARIZONA,
1988- 1998
20 26 23 22 25 18 32 14 23 18 14
4 7 6 5 6 5 4 6 7 3 5
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 2 3 5 5 1 4 3 3 1 1
0 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 0
7 9 3 7 10 7 14 4 8 8 8
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0
0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL
2. E810- E825. MOTOR
VEHICLE- RELATED INJURIES
7. E850- E858. POISONING BY
DRUGS/ MEDICAMENTS
8. E860- E869. POISONING BY OTHER
SUBSTANCES, GASES AND VAPORS
9. E880- E888. FALL INJURIES
10. E890- E899. FIRE AND FLAMES
11. E900.0. EXCESSIVE HEAT DUE TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS
17. E906.0. DOG BITE
19. E907. LIGHTNING
21. E910. DROWNING
22. E911. CHOCKED ON FOOD
23. E912. CHOCKED ON OTHER OBJECT
24. E913. MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION
26. E925. ELECTRIC CURRENT
29. E870- E879. MISADVENTURES
DURING MEDICAL/ SURGICAL CARE
ALL OTHER
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Year
TABLE 13
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE
AND YEAR AMONG INFANTS, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
28
TABLE 14
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 1- 4 YEARS
OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
78 73 50 64 63 66 66 74 64 62 69
33 27 24 27 28 30 20 29 27 27 28
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
7 2 3 2 5 5 16 7 5 1 3
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 32 14 21 18 21 22 27 23 24 27
1 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 3
2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
1 3 3 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 2
3 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 2 3 2 4 1 4 6 3 4 2
TOTAL
2. E810- E825. MOTOR
VEHICLE- RELATED INJURIES
4. E830- E838. INJURIES IN WATER
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS
6. E840- E845. ACCIDENT INVOLVING
AIRCRAFT
7. E850- E858. POISONING BY
DRUGS/ MEDICAMENTS
8. E860- E869. POISONING BY OTHER
SUBSTANCES, GASES AND VAPORS
9. E880- E888. FALL INJURIES
10. E890- E899. FIRE AND FLAMES
11. E900.0. EXCESSIVE HEAT DUE TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS
20. E908. STORMS AND FLOODS
21. E910. DROWNING
22. E911. CHOCKED ON FOOD
23. E912. CHOCKED ON OTHER OBJECT
24. E913. MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION
25. E922. FIREARMS
26. E925. ELECTRIC CURRENT
29. E870- E879. MISADVENTURES
DURING MEDICAL/ SURGICAL CARE
ALL OTHER
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Year
29
TABLE 14
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND
YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 1 - 4 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
TABLE 15
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 5- 9 YEARS
OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
27 40 26 32 29 37 25 36 32 38 26
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 21 19 20 20 16 12 21 22 24 19
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
2 4 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 5 5 7 1 7 5 7 2 5 3
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 2
0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 4 0 3 2 5 0 1 1 2 0
TOTAL
1. E800- E807. INJURIES IN RAILWAY
ACCIDENTS
2. E810- E825. MOTOR
VEHICLE- RELATED INJURIES
3. E826- E829. ACCIDENTS INVOLVING
OTHER ROAD VEHICLE
4. E830- E838. INJURIES IN WATER
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS
6. E840- E845. ACCIDENT INVOLVING
AIRCRAFT
7. E850- E858. POISONING BY
DRUGS/ MEDICAMENTS
8. E860- E869. POISONING BY OTHER
SUBSTANCES, GASES AND VAPORS
9. E880- E888. FALL INJURIES
10. E890- E899. FIRE AND FLAMES
12. E901.0. EXCESSIVE COLD DUE TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS
21. E910. DROWNING
22. E911. CHOCKED ON FOOD
23. E912. CHOCKED ON OTHER OBJECT
24. E913. MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION
25. E922. FIREARMS
26. E925. ELECTRIC CURRENT
ALL OTHER
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Year
TABLE 15
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND
YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 5 - 9 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
30
TABLE 16
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 10- 14
YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
41 33 40 29 33 41 36 51 44 45 31
0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
29 24 29 18 19 21 25 31 33 30 17
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 2 0 4
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 2 2 3 2 2 0 4 3 2 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 0
1 2 2 3 4 7 3 5 1 2 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 2 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 3
TOTAL
1. E800- E807. INJURIES IN
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
2. E810- E825. MOTOR
VEHICLE- RELATED INJURIES
3. E826- E829. ACCIDENTS
INVOLVING OTHER ROAD VEHICLE
4. E830- E838. INJURIES IN WATER
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS
6. E840- E845. ACCIDENT
INVOLVING AIRCRAFT
7. E850- E858. POISONING BY
DRUGS/ MEDICAMENTS
8. E860- E869. POISONING BY
OTHER SUBSTANCES, GASES AND
VAPORS
9. E880- E888. FALL INJURIES
10. E890- E899. FIRE AND FLAMES
11. E900.0. EXCESSIVE HEAT DUE
TO WEATHER CONDITIONS
12. E901.0. EXCESSIVE COLD DUE
TO WEATHER CONDITIONS
20. E908. STORMS AND FLOODS
21. E910. DROWNING
22. E911. CHOCKED ON FOOD
23. E912. CHOCKED ON OTHER
OBJECT
24. E913. MECHANICAL
SUFFOCATION
25. E922. FIREARMS
26. E925. ELECTRIC CURRENT
ALL OTHER
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Year
31
TABLE 16
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR
AMONG CHILDREN 10 - 14 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
TABLE 17
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR AMONG ADOLESCENTS 15- 19
YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
148 137 124 108 107 125 115 147 142 114 131
1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0
116 100 92 83 73 98 94 114 114 86 106
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 0
1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
3 3 2 3 3 1 3 5 3 6 5
5 3 3 4 1 3 0 4 1 3 1
2 1 2 3 0 2 2 2 4 1 1
1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 9 7 2 9 5 3 8 7 8 4
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
5 7 7 5 8 10 2 4 4 2 2
1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 5 4 0 4 2 2 3 3 0 4
TOTAL
1. E800- E807. INJURIES IN RAILWAY
ACCIDENTS
2. E810- E825. MOTOR
VEHICLE- RELATED INJURIES
3. E826- E829. ACCIDENTS INVOLVING
OTHER ROAD VEHICLE
4. E830- E838. INJURIES IN WATER
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS
6. E840- E845. ACCIDENT INVOLVING
AIRCRAFT
7. E850- E858. POISONING BY
DRUGS/ MEDICAMENTS
8. E860- E869. POISONING BY OTHER
SUBSTANCES, GASES AND VAPORS
9. E880- E888. FALL INJURIES
10. E890- E899. FIRE AND FLAMES
11. E900.0. EXCESSIVE HEAT DUE TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS
12. E901.0. EXCESSIVE COLD DUE TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS
19. E907. LIGHTNING
21. E910. DROWNING
22. E911. CHOCKED ON FOOD
23. E912. CHOCKED ON OTHER OBJECT
24. E913. MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION
25. E922. FIREARMS
26. E925. ELECTRIC CURRENT
29. E870- E879. MISADVENTURES
DURING MEDICAL/ SURGICAL CARE
ALL OTHER
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Year
TABLE 17
NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS BY CAUSE AND YEAR
AMONG ADOLESCENTS 15 - 19 YEARS OLD, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
32
TABLE 18
NEGLECT, ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT AS CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG
CHILDREN 0 - 14 YEARS OF AGE, ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Circumstances and conditions resulting in
death 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
HOMICIDE AND INJURY PURPOSELY INFLICTED
BY OTHER PERSON, TOTAL:
29
24
23
15
36
27
29
34
27
19
28
- Child Battering and Other Maltreatment1 5 7 3 2 7 4 9 10 9 5 5
----- By parent 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
----- By other person 4 6 3 2 7 4 9 8 8 5 5
- Criminal Neglect 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Fight, Brawl, Rape 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
- All Other Kinds of Assault and Late Effects of
Injury Purposely Inflicted by Other Person 4
23
17
20
13
29
23
19
24
18
14
22
HUNGER, THIRST, EXPOSURE, NEGLECT, 5 TOTAL: 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
- Abandonment or Neglect of Infants and
Helpless Persons
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
- Lack of Food 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Lack of Water 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Exposure to Weather Conditions 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
- Privation, Unqualified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 The underlying cause of death coded in ICD- 9 as E967.
2 The underlying cause of death coded in ICD- 9 as 968.4 ( Abandonment of child or infant with intent to injure or kill.)
3 The underlying cause of death coded in ICD- 9 as 960.
4 Remainder of codes E960- E969.
5 The underlying cause of death in ICD- 9 as E904. ( Excludes conditions resulting from homicidal intent)
33
34
TABLE 19
RATES 1 OF DEATH FROM INJURIES AMONG PERSONS 19 OR LESS
YEARS OLD BY TYPE OF INJURY, AGE GROUP AND ETHNICITY,
ARIZONA 1998
ETHNICITY:*
AGE GROUP/ INJURY TYPE
WHITE2
HISPANIC
BLACK
AMERICAN
INDIAN
ALL ETHNIC
GROUPS
UNDER 1, all injury deaths:
UNINTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE
UNKNOWN INTENT
13.0
5.2
2.6
5.2
41.6
34.7
6.9
----
76.1
38.0
38.0
---
---
---
---
---
25.7
18.0
5.1
2.6
1- 14 YEARS, all injury deaths:
UNINTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE
SUICIDE
UNKNOWN INTENT
13.9
10.2
2.7
0.9
0.2
16.1
13.5
1.6
1.0
0.7
9.3
7.0
2.3
---
---
34.6
26.6
4.6
3.5
---
16.6
12.8
2.5
1.1
0.1
15- 19 YEARS, all injury deaths:
UNINTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE
SUICIDE
UNKNOWN INTENT
53.6
32.8
6.8
13.0
1.0
73.3
32.0
26.9
14.5
---
91.8
45.9
39.4
6.6
---
126.1
81.6
26.0
18.5
---
72.6
39.9
16.8
15.2
0.6
1 The number of deaths from injuries ( unintentional injuries + injuries in homicide and
suicide+ unknown intent) per 100,000 in specified group per year.
2 Not of Hispanic origin.
* The rates for Asian and Pacific Islanders do not meet standards of reliability and precision.
There were 6 injury deaths among Asians 19 or younger in Arizona in 1998.
Note: Number of births was used as the denominator for death rate calculation among infants.
TABLE 20
DROWNINGS AND DROWNING RATES BY AGE AMONG CHILDREN 0 - 4 YEARS OLD,
ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
Age
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
NUMBER OF DROWNINGS BY AGE
Under 1
1
2
3
4
Subtotal, 1- 4
Total, 0- 4
6
10
8
4
2
24
30
2
12
13
1
6
32
34
3
6
2
4
2
14
17
5
11
5
4
1
21
26
5
10
4
2
2
18
23
1
12
5
4
0
21
22
4
8
6
4
4
22
26
3
14
6
2
5
27
30
4
6
11
3
3
23
27
2
15
5
4
1
25
27
1
16
5
4
2
27
28
DROWNING MORTALITY RATES BY AGE*
Under 1
1
2
3
4
Subtotal, 1- 4
Total, 0- 4
9.2
15.2
12.1
6.1
3.2
9.2
9.2
3.0
18.0
19.3
1.5
8.9
11.9
10.1
4.4
9.7
3.2
6.8
3.4
5.8
5.8
9.5
17.8
8.1
6.5
1.6
8.5
8.7
9.2
15.2
6.1
3.2
3.3
7.1
9.0
1.4
17.4
7.2
6.1
-
7.9
6.5
5.7
11.5
8.6
5.7
5.6
8.0
7.5
4.4
20.5
8.8
2.9
7.3
9.9
8.8
5.6
10.3
15.7
4.3
4.3
8.5
7.9
2.8
21.0
10.9
6.5
1.7
9.1
7.8
1.3
22.1
6.9
2.8
1.7
9.7
8.0
* Per 100,000 population in specified group.
Note: Many rates shown in this table are based on a small population, a small number of events or both.
Rates based on small numbers ( 10 or less) are not statistically reliable.
35
TABLE 21
DROWNING DEATHS BY PLACE AND/ OR CIRCUMSTANCES OF IMMERSION ( CHILDREN 0- 4 YEARS) BY
YEAR, ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
21 29 14 17 12 13 16 20 20 21 24
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 2 2 5 5 4 3 1 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
4 3 0 5 6 3 5 6 5 2 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
30 34 17 26 23 22 26 30 27 27 28
Home swimming
pool
Not at home
swimming pool
Bathtub
Accident to or on
watercraft causing
submersion
Submersion or
drowning while
engaged in sport
Other and/ or no
otherwise specified
circumstances
Unclassifiable
TOTAL
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
YEAR
36
TABLE 21
DROWNING DEATHS BY PLACE AND/ OR CIRCUMSTANCES OF IMMERSION ( CHILDREN 0 – 4) BY YEARS,
ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
TABLE 22
NUMBER OF DROWNINGS AMONG CHILDREN 0- 4 YEARS OF AGE BY REGION AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE BY YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
14 27 14 18 14 17 17 16 18 23 19
7 4 1 5 3 4 6 4 2 2 4
4 1 0 0 3 1 1 5 3 0 0
4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 33 15 24 21 22 24 25 23 25 23
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1 1 2 2 2 0 2 5 4 2 5
30 34 17 26 23 22 26 30 27 27 28
Area and county of residence:
MARICOPA
PIMA
PINAL
YUMA
TOTAL
URBAN
COCHISE
COCONINO
GILA
GRAHAM
MOHAVE
NAVAJO
YAVAPAI
UNKNOWN
TOTAL
RURAL
Total
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
YEAR
TABLE 22
NUMBER OF DROWNINGS AMONG CHILDREN 0 - 4 YEARS OF AGE BY REGION AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE BY YEAR,
ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
37
TABLE 23
NUMBER OF DROWNINGS BY MONTH AND YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 0- 4 YEARS OLD,
ARIZONA, 1988- 1998
1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
1 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
2 5 1 3 2 0 1 2 3 0 2
5 3 3 1 1 0 2 4 6 6 3
2 6 1 6 1 6 2 5 6 4 4
6 4 2 2 3 7 3 5 3 3 6
2 2 0 3 2 4 3 4 3 4 5
3 2 4 3 3 1 5 2 0 2 3
5 2 1 2 3 1 5 1 2 3 1
1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2
30 34 17 26 23 22 26 30 27 27 28
JAN
FEB
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
MONTH
OF
DEATH
TOTAL
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
38
TABLE 23
NUMBER OF DROWNINGS BY MONTH AND YEAR AMONG CHILDREN 0 - 4 YEARS OLD,
ARIZONA, 1988 - 1998
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