10 leading causes of fatal injuries in alaska by age group

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1 Suffocation, 19 Assault, 10

Drowning, 5Fire, 5

Motor Vehicle Traffic

Accidents, 9

Intentional Self-Harm, 200

Intentional Self-Harm,

172Poisoning, 147 Poisoning, 193

Intentional Self-Harm, 89

Intentional Self-Harm, 40

Falls (excludes playground

equipment), 32

2 Pedestrian, 6Intentional Self-

Harm, 5 Poisoning, 63Poisoning,

140Intentional Self-

Harm, 113Intentional Self-

Harm, 138 Poisoning, 80Motor Vehicle

Traffic Accidents, 23

Intentional Self-Harm, 17

3Motor Vehicle

Traffic Accidents, 5

Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents,

61

Motor Vehicle Traffic

Accidents, 57

Motor Vehicle Traffic

Accidents, 30

Motor Vehicle Traffic

Accidents, 45

Motor Vehicle Traffic

Accidents, 45

Poisoning, 15 Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents, 10

4 Assault, 40 Assault, 39 Assault, 28Drowning, 28 Assault, 27

Assault, 21Falls

(excludes playground equipment),

21

Falls (excludes

playground equipment),

14

Suffocation, 9

5 Drowning, 29 Drowning, 28 Snow machine, 17 Drowning, 26 Drowning, 18 Aircraft, 12 Fire, 8

6 Snow machine, 17 Aircraft, 14Falls (excludes

playground equipment), 15

Falls (excludes playground

equipment), 21

Fire, 10Suffocation,

10Assault, 11

7 Frostbite/Hypothermia, 10

Frostbite/Hypothermia, 12 Aircraft, 10 Frostbite/Hypoth

ermia, 19

Aircraft, 9Frostbite/Hypothermia, 9

Drowning, 10

8 ATV, 9

Pedestrian, 10

Snow machine, 10

Pedestrian, 8 Aircraft, 16 Pedestrian, 6 Fire, 6

9Falls (excludes

playground equipment), 8

ATV, 8Frostbite/Hypoth

ermia, 7Suffocation, 7

Fire, 13Frostbite/Hypothermia, 5

Suffocation, 5

10 Pedestrian, 6

Falls (excludes

playground equipment), 6

Fire, 5 Pedestrian, 12

10 Leading Causes of Fatal Injuries in Alaska by Age Group, 2009-2013

Footnotes *Causes with less than 5 deaths are not shown. Table reflects the number of deaths to AK residents regardless of the place of occurrence (i.e. some of these deaths may have occurred outside of Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics; Last updated on 04/22/2015

85+Falls (excludes

playground equipment), 22

Intentional Self-Harm, 8

Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents, 7

Suffocation, 7

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