Data Issues

The priority setting process used is affected by the aggregations. Broader aggregations will tend to encompass more cases and therefore may be seen as having a greater priority. This may be an artefact of the broader definition. On the other hand a category that only contains a single problem may contain relatively few cases because it is counted on its own. It may however be important. It is useful to consider in detail, what each aggregated category covers, and to determine if the aggregation has inadvertently promoted or down played a particular issue.

MAJOR EXTERNAL CAUSE GROUPS

Row labels	ICD-9 E-Codes
Motor vehicle - driver.	E810-E825/0
Motor vehicle - passenger or unspecified occupant	E810-E825/1
Motorcycle - driver	E810-E825/2
Motorcycle - passenger or unspecified whether driver or passenger	E810-E825/3
Pedal cyclist or cycle passenger	E800-E807/3, E826-E829/1,E810-E825/6
Pedestrian	E800-E807/2, E810-E825/7, E826-E829/0
Other transport related circumstances Includes railways, water transport, air transport Includes drowning associated with watercraft Excludes machinery accident in watercraft	E800-E807/0,1,8,9, E810-E829/4,8,9E958/5,6, E988/5,6, E830-E835 E837-E848
Animal related	E810-E825/5, E826- E829/.2,.3, E905 all except .7, E906
Fall - Includes fall, jump, being pushed from high place Excludes fall in/on/from transport and falls resulting in drowning	E880-E888, E957, E968.1, E987
Drowning, submersion - swimming pool	E910.8
Drowning, submersion - other than swimming pool Includes drowning in unspecified place Excludes drowning associated with watercraft	E910/0-7,9, E954, E964, E984
Other threat to breathing Includes inhalation of food, suffocation in enclosed space, strangulation, etc	E911-E913, E953, E963, E983
Fire, flames, smoke Includes asphyxiation or poisoning related to fires, explosion related to conflagration Excludes transport related	E890-E899, E958.1, E968.0, E988.1, E990
Exposure to hot drink, food, water, other fluid, steam, gas, or vapour Includes scalds	E924.0 , E958.2, E968.3, E988.2
Exposure to hot object or solid substance Includes contact burns, etc Includes burn if unspecified whether due to solid, liquid or gas	E924.8
Poisoning - drugs and medicinal substances Includes adverse effects of medication in normal use	E850-E858, E930.0-E950.5, E962.0, E980/0-5
Poisoning - other substances Includes poisoning if unspecified whether medicine or other subset	E860-E869, E950.6-E952.9, E962.1-E962.9, E980.6-E980.9, E972, E981-E982, E997.2
Firearms Excludes explosives	E922, E955/0-4, E965/0-4, E970, E985/0-4, E991/0-2
Cutting, piercing object Excludes machinery, power tools or appliances	E920/3,4,8,9, E956, E966, E974, E986
Struck by object or person Excludes: pinching or jamming between objects; machinery in operation; firearm projectile; cutting object	E916-E918, E958.0, E960.0, E968.2, E973, E988.0
Machinery in operation Includes power tools, appliances Includes machinery in context of watercraft Excludes machinery in the context of other transport	E836, E919, E920/0-2
Electricity	E925, E958.4, E988.4
Hot conditions (natural origin), sunlight	E900.0
Cold conditions (natural origin)	E901.0, E958.3
Other specified external cause (including late effects)	E870-E879, E900/1,9, E901/1,8,9, E902-E904, E905.7, E907-E909, E914-E915, E921, E923, E924/1,9, E926, E927, E928/0-8, E929, E955/5,9, E958/7,8, E959, E960.1, E961, E965/5-9, E967, E968/4-8, E969, E971, E975-E978, E985.5, E988/3,7,8, E989, E991/3,9, E992-E999
Unspecified external cause	E928.9, E958.9, E968.9, E988.9

DETAILED INJURY CAUSE GROUPS

Row labels	ICD9 E-Codes
Accidental Injuries
TRANSPORT
Motor vehicle traffic	E810-E819
Motor vehicle non-traffic	E820-E825
Non-motor road vehicle	E826-E829
Railway transport	E800-E807
Water transport	E830-E838
Air transport	E840-E845
Vehicles not elsewhere classified	E846-E848
DROWNING
Drowning	E-Code 910
POISONING
Opiates & related	E850/0-2
Other specified analgesics	E850/3-8
Barbiturates	E851
Non barbiturate sedatives/hypnotics	E852
Tranquillisers	E853
Anti-infectives	E856, E857
Other/unspecified drug, etc.	E850/9, E854, E855, E858
Alcoholic beverages, ethanol	E860/0-1
Petroleum products, solvents	E862
Agricultural & horticultural chemicals	E863
Foodstuffs; poisonous plants	E865
Motor vehicle exhaust gas	E868/2
Other/unspecified substance	E860/2-9, E861, E864, E866, E867, E868/0-1, E868/3-9, E869
FALLS
Stairs	E880
Ladder/scaffold	E881
Building/structure	E882
Playground equipment	E884/0
Different level	E884/1-2,9
Same level: slip, trip, stumble	E885
Same level: collision in sport	E886/0
Fracture - cause unspecified.	E887
Other/unspecified fall	E883, E884/3-8, E886/9, E888
FIRE & FLAMES
House-fires	E890
Clothing ignition	E893
Hot substance or object, steam	E924/0,8-9
Other/unspecified thermal	E891, E892, E894-E899
OTHER UNINTENTIONAL
Firearm	E922
Excessive heat	E900
Excessive cold	E901
Exposure/neglect	E904
Aspiration, food	E911
Aspiration, non-food	E912
Suffocation	E913
Foreign body	E914-E915
Struck by falling object	E916
Dog bite	E906/0
Collision in sport	E917/0
Other collision	E917/1-9
Caught/crushed	E918
Machinery	E919
Cutting/piercing	E920
Explosion	E921, E923
Electric current	E925
Other/unspecified non-intentional	E902, E903, E905, E906/1-9, E907, E908, E909, E924/1, E926-E929
Intentional Injuries
SUICIDE
Motor vehicle exhaust	E952/0
Hanging	E953/0
Firearm	E955/0-4
Poison, solids/liquids	E950
Cutting/piercing	E956
Other/unspecified	E951, E952/1-9, E953/1-9, E954, E955/5-9, E957-E959
INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
Unarmed fight/brawl (Interpersonal violence)	E960/0
Firearm (Interpersonal violence)	E965/0-4
Cutting/stabbing (Interpersonal violence)	E966
Child battering/maltreatment (Interpersonal violence)	E967
Other/unspecified (Interpersonal violence)	E960/1-9, E961-E964, E965/5-9, E968-E978, E990-E999
Other categories
Other injuries	E980-E989E870-E879, E930-E949