Ten leading causes of nonfatal unintentional injury emergency department visits in children and adolescents, United States, 2021, all races, all sexes (<1 to 24 years)

Rank	Age groups (years)
Rank	<1	1 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 14	15 to 24
1	Fall 92,571	Fall 484,149	Fall 360,292	Fall 276,261	Fall 479,128
2	Struck by/against 18,061	Struck by/against 174,079	Struck by/against 183,724	Struck by/against 225,451	Struck by/against 475,604
3	Inhalation/suffocation 9487	Foreign body 103,591	Cut/pierce 66,370	Overexertion 117,320	MV-occupant 469,944
4	Foreign body 7643	Other bite/sting 60,009	Foreign body 49,119	Cut/pierce 79,256	Overexertion 309,379
5	Other specified^* 6426	Cut/pierce 52,014	Other bite/sting 44,321	Pedal cyclist 42,062	Cut pierce 303,685
6	Fire/burn 6365	Overexertion 41,677	Overexertion 34,838	MV-occupant 37,715	Other specified^* 230,046
7	Other bite/sting 4800	Other specified^* 32,246	MV-occupant 32,998	Other transport 36,017	Poisoning 223,014
8	Unknown/unspecified 3905	Fire/burn 28,972	Dog bite 31,264	Other bite/sting 26,537	Other transport 76,331
9	Cut/pierce 3539	Poisoning 26,885	Pedal cyclist 28,007	Dog bite 24,767	Other bite/sting 68,926
10	Overexertion 3502	Dog bite 24,251	Other transport 25,099	Unknown/unspecified 22,939	Motorcyclist 60,961

MV: motor vehicle.

* Injury associated with any other specified cause that does not fit another category (eg, electric current, explosive blast, fireworks, animal scratch).

Data from: WISQARS Leading causes of nonfatal injury reports, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://wisqars.cdc.gov/lcnf/ (Accessed on August 27, 2024).

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Ten leading causes of nonfatal unintentional injury emergency department visits in children and adolescents, United States, 2021, all races, all sexes (<1 to 24 years)