Table 4 Unintentional injury related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and deaths by duration of residence and mechanism of injury, 2011 to 2012a
ED visits, per 100 000 immigrants | Hospitalizations, per 100 000 immigrants | Deaths, per 100 000 immigrants | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recent | Intermediate | Long-term | Recent | Intermediate | Long-term | Recent | Intermediate | Long-term | |
Falls | 1988.9 | 2105.8 | 2195.3 | 56.9 | 62.6 | 59.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
Struck by/against | 1081.9 | 1300.5 | 1641.8 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 18.4 | - | - | - |
Overexertion | 467.9 | 538.3 | 725.3 | - | 3.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Cut/pierce | 314.5 | 323.4 | 416.1 | - | - | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Natural/environmental | 151.8 | 193.8 | 208.4 | - | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Bicycle, no-motor vehicle | 144.5 | 157.3 | 174.2 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Poisoning | 118.4 | 121.9 | 132.6 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 12.8 | - | 0.0 | - |
Motor vehicle traffic | 224.9 | 237.4 | 328.4 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 13.6 | - | - | 1.5 |
Hot object/scald | 109.0 | 85.6 | 71.0 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Fire/flame | 9.1 | 10.6 | 13.1 | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pedestrian (non-motor vehicle) | 9.4 | 11.2 | 9.6 | - | - | 1.2 | - | 0.0 | - |
Machinery | 16.5 | 13.0 | 17.1 | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Suffocation | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 | - | - | - |
Other land transport | 22.4 | 25.5 | 43.9 | - | - | 2.5 | 0.0 | - | - |
Drowning | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Firearm | - | - | 2.9 | 0.0 | - | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Other or not specified | 1200.3 | 1389.6 | 1452.4 | 24.5 | 24.9 | 26.4 | - | - | - |