Unintentional Injury Mortality
Date Posted: 05/05/2009
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- Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) - Colorado & Larimer County, 1999-2007
- Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) by Type - Colorado & Larimer County, 2007
- Average Mortality Rates (per 100,000) for Unintentional Injury by Age Group - Larimer County, 1999-2007
- Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) by Gender - Larimer County, 1999-2007
The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment lists three types of death due to injury in Colorado: unintentional, intentional (suicide, homicide, or legal intervention) and undetermined intent. Unintentional injuries constituted the majority (65%) of these deaths in Colorado in 2007.
Mortality refers to the number or rate of deaths that occur in a population. Age-adjusted rates (for comparison of differing populations) and crude rates (number of deaths by population) were used wherever appropriate. The period 1999-2007 was analyzed to compare data on a consistent scale (death data were recoded in 1999).
What this chart shows: Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) - Colorado & Larimer County, 1999-2007
Data Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - Colorado Health Information Dataset
What these data tell us:
Both Colorado and Larimer County experienced increased rates of unintentional injury mortality between 1999 and 2006. During this period, neither rates met the Healthy People 2010 target of 17.5 (or fewer) deaths per 100,000 in the population. Between 1999 and 2007, Colorado averaged approximately 42 deaths per 100,000, compared to 36 deaths for Larimer County. The years in which Larimer County experienced noticeable changes in mortality rate included increases in 2000 and 2004, and a decrease in 2001.In 2000, the high mortality rate in Larimer County appeared to be the primary result of motor vehicle and other (non-transport) deaths, 37 and 26, respectively. In 2004, the higher rate may have been the result of increases in death due to other (non-transport), falls, water, air, & space transport, and drowning. The decrease in 2001 mortality rates in Larimer County appear to be the result of a decrease in the other (non-transport) injuries (13), which decreased 50% when compared to 2000 (see definitions).
What this chart shows: Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) by Injury Type in Colorado & Larimer County, 2007
Data Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - Colorado Health Information Dataset
What these data tell us:
Unintentional injuries resulting in death are categorized as transport or non-transport injuries. In 2007, Larimer County transport injuries resulting in death included: motor vehicle injuries (31), water/air/space transport injuries (<3), and other land transportation injuries (<3). Non-transport injuries that resulted in death included: poisoning (31), falls (21), other and unspecified non-transport injuries (13), smoke/fire/flames injury (<3), drowning and submersion (3), and firearms (<3). Of these various types of injury-related deaths, six (motor vehicle accidents, falls, poisonings, drownings, residential fire, and firearm-related) have specific Healthy People 2010 target objectives which can be compared with available data for Larimer County. Larimer County succeeded in meeting only one of those standards (firearm-related deaths below 4.5 per 100,000) during the years from 1999 to 2007. See the table titled Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) by Injury Type with Specific Target Objectives for more detail.What this chart shows: Average Mortality Rates (per 100,000) for Unintentional Injury by Age Group Larimer County, 1999 - 2007
Data Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - Colorado Health Information Dataset
What these data tell us:
In Larimer County, the likelihood for unintentional injury increases as one reaches 65 years of age and greatly increases after age 85. Falls are the main cause of injury for people over 65 in Larimer County, and in 2007, caused 16 out of 33 deaths (48%) for those over 65. Other unintentional causes that affect those 65 and older include: motor vehicle accidents, residential fire-related accidents, and traumatic brain injury.National data (2005) shows that unintentional injury was the number one cause of death in people aged 1 to 44. In Larimer County (1999 - 2007), 35% of all deaths in this age span were due to unintentional injury. The age group experiencing the most deaths due to unintentional injury during the period was those aged 15-24 (118 deaths). Unintentional injuries accounted for 52% of the deaths in this group, with 72% being motor vehicle-related (85) deaths.
Additional Information:
Definitions (Summarized below)
(From Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment)
Unintentional 'Transportation' Injuries
- Includes events that involve: Railway; motor vehicle traffic; motorcyclists, bicyclists, pedestrians, and swimmers, as well as injuries sustained from use of off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, roller skates/skateboards/skis/snowboards, animals being ridden, boats, and aircraft/spacecraft.
Unintentional 'Non-Transportation' Injuries
- Includes events that involve: drowning (boat, recreational, bathtub), poisoning (due to excessive alcohol and drugs, carbon monoxide); falls; fire/ burn; natural/environmental: (injuries from excessive environmental exposure and animals bites); 'Other Unintentional Injuries': aspiration/suffocation, foreign bodies entering the body, falling objects, striking against or by objects or people, being caught in or between objects, machinery, cutting or piercing instruments, firearms/airguns, electric current, overexertion, and other unspecified mechanisms.
Number of Unintentional Injury Deaths by Injury Type - Larimer County, 1999-2007
|
Motor Vehicles |
Other Land Transport |
Water, Air, & Space |
Drowning & Submersion |
Falls |
Firearms |
Poisoning |
Smoke & Fire |
Other and Unspecified Non- transport |
|
|
1999 |
29 |
7 |
3 |
<3 |
8 |
<3 |
5 |
<3 |
22 |
|
2000 |
37 |
6 |
4 |
<3 |
7 |
<3 |
5 |
<3 |
26 |
|
2001 |
37 |
<3 |
<3 |
<3 |
8 |
<3 |
7 |
<3 |
13 |
|
2002 |
38 |
<3 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
<3 |
16 |
<3 |
12 |
|
2003 |
51 |
<3 |
<3 |
<3 |
16 |
<3 |
14 |
<3 |
11 |
|
2004 |
29 |
<3 |
7 |
6 |
16 |
<3 |
15 |
<3 |
19 |
|
2005 |
32 |
<3 |
6 |
<3 |
24 |
<3 |
12 |
3 |
16 |
|
2006 |
32 |
<3 |
5 |
<3 |
19 |
<3 |
25 |
<3 |
17 |
|
2007 |
31 |
<3 |
<3 |
3 |
21 |
<3 |
31 |
<3 |
13 |
|
|
Motor Vehicles |
Falls |
Poisoning |
Drowning |
Smoke, Fire, Flames |
Firearms |
|
1999 |
11.4 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
|
2000 |
14.5 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
|
2001 |
13.9 |
4.0 |
2.9 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
|
2002 |
14.0 |
7.0 |
6.6 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
<1.0 |
|
2003 |
17.9 |
7.2 |
5.2 |
0.0 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
|
2004 |
11.1 |
7.7 |
5.3 |
2.2 |
<0.9 |
<1.0 |
|
2005 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
4.3 |
<0.9 |
1.2 |
<1.0 |
|
2006 |
11.1 |
7.9 |
8.8 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
<1.0 |
|
2007 |
11.0 |
8.5 |
10.1 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
<1.0 |
|
Target |
9.2 |
3 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
4.1 |
* Age-Adjusted Rates
On Compass-
- Adult Arrests
- Alcohol-Traffic Related Fatalities
- Mortality
- Vehicle Miles Traveled
- Work Commute
- Youth Alcohol & Drug Use
Outside Compass-
- Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Colorado State University
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Injury in Colorado, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Injury Prevention Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Injury Prevention
- National Program for Playground Safety
- National Resource Center for Safe Aging
- Safe Kids USA
Industry Standards or Targets:
A complete list of injury prevention objectives is available on the Healthy People 2010 website. Target rates are age-adjusted.
Target: 17.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
Target: 9.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
Target: 3 deaths per 100,000 population.
Target: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
Target: 0.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
Target: 0.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
Target: 4.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
Data Tables:
Unintentional Injury Mortality Rate (per 100,000), 1999 - 2007*
|
|
Colorado |
Larimer County |
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|
Total Deaths |
Total Population |
Rate |
Total Deaths |
Total Population |
Rate |
|
|
1999 |
1,506 |
4,216,006 |
38.8 |
76 |
246,158 |
33.1 |
|
2000 |
1,715 |
4,338,789 |
42.7 |
88 |
253,131 |
37.4 |
|
2001 |
1,702 |
4,448,698 |
41.1 |
69 |
261,211 |
28.6 |
|
2002 |
1,803 |
4,521,513 |
42.8 |
89 |
264,790 |
36.5 |
|
2003 |
1,783 |
4,583,746 |
41.8 |
97 |
266,054 |
37.2 |
|
2004 |
1,791 |
4,650,562 |
41.6 |
96 |
269,881 |
38.7 |
|
2005 |
1,928 |
4,717,761 |
43.6 |
96 |
272,776 |
36.5 |
|
2006 |
1,888 |
4,811,824 |
42.2 |
99 |
278,052 |
37.0 |
|
2007 |
2,029 |
4,909,524 |
44.7 |
101 |
283,977 |
36.4 |
* Age-Adjusted Rates
Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) & Total Number of Deaths, 2007*
|
Colorado |
Larimer |
|||
|
Number |
Rate |
Number |
Rate |
|
|
Transport injuries |
||||
|
577 |
11.8 |
31 |
11.0 |
|
28 |
0.6 |
<3 |
0.3 |
|
29 |
0.6 |
<3 |
0.3 |
|
Non-transport injuries |
||||
|
63 |
1.3 |
3 |
1.0 |
|
441 |
11.5 |
21 |
8.5 |
|
3 |
0.1 |
<3 |
<1.0 |
|
561 |
11.0 |
31 |
10.1 |
|
19 |
0.4 |
<3 |
<1.0 |
|
308 |
7.5 |
13 |
5.2 |
*Age-Adjusted Rates
Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates (per 100,000) by Age Group - Larimer County 1999-2007*
|
|
Rate |
Deaths |
|
<1 |
30.4 |
9 |
|
1-4 |
7.7 |
9 |
|
5-14 |
4.6 |
14 |
|
15-24 |
27.9 |
118 |
|
25-34 |
28.6 |
102 |
|
35-44 |
32.1 |
115 |
|
45-54 |
31.6 |
113 |
|
55-64 |
31.1 |
66 |
|
65-74 |
46.5 |
58 |
|
75-84 |
112.4 |
91 |
|
85+ |
404.1 |
116 |
* Crude Rates