Table 1
Number and percentage distribution of hospitalizations for unintentional injury and crude rate, by sex, age group, Dissemination Area reporting Aboriginal identity, and cause of injury, population aged 0 to 19, Canada (excluding Quebec), 2001/2002 to 2005/2006

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Table 1
Number and percentage distribution of hospitalizations for unintentional injury and crude rate, by sex, age group, Dissemination Area reporting Aboriginal identity, and cause of injury, population aged 0 to 19, Canada (excluding Quebec), 2001/2002 to 2005/2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of number and percentage distribution of hospitalizations for unintentional injury and crude rate hospitalizations and crude rate per 10,000 person-years at risk, calculated using number and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Hospitalizations Crude rate per 10,000 person-years at risk
Number %
Total 117,605 100.0 39.4
Sex  
Male 77,960 66.3 50.9
Female 39,645 33.7 27.2
Age (years)  
0 to 9 46,954 39.9 33.9
10 to 19 70,651 60.1 44.1
Type of Dissemination Area  
High % First Nations 6,712 5.7 86.2
High % Métis 828 0.7 89.2
High % Inuit 546 0.5 83.3
Low % Aboriginal 109,519 93.1 37.8
Cause of injuryNote †  
Falls 43,713 37.2 14.6
Land transportation 29,076 24.7 9.7
Motor vehicle traffic 13,842 11.8 4.6
Struck 13,400 11.4 4.5
Poisoning 6,647 5.7 2.2
Cut/Pierce 3,499 3.0 1.2
Fire 3,010 2.6 1.0
Natural/Environmental 2,920 2.5 1.0
Drowning/Suffocation 1,683 1.4 0.6
Other 14,524 12.3 4.9
† because multiple injuries were recorded, causes add to more than total
Notes: Dissemination Areas where at least 33% of the population reported Aboriginal identity are classified as high-percentage Aboriginal identity. Classification as high-percentage First Nations, Métis or Inuit identity is based on the predominant group.
Source: 2001/2002 to 2005/2006 Hospital Morbidity Database.