Exhibit 2.10. Injuries
Number of Discharges and Percent Change in Discharges with a Principal Diagnosis of Injuries, 1997-2005
| CCS Principal Diagnosis Category and Name |
Discharges in Thousands |
Standard Errors in Thousands |
Percent Change |
| 1997 |
2005 |
1997 |
2005 |
1997-2005 |
| All injuries |
1,777.2 |
1,891.3 |
48.030 |
50.459 |
6.4% |
| 232 |
Sprains and strains |
74.6 |
44.9 |
2.702 |
1.468 |
-39.9% |
| 225 |
Joint disorders and dislocations, trauma-related |
53.5 |
32.5 |
2.358 |
1.157 |
-39.3% |
| 235 |
Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk |
45.1 |
38.2 |
3.679 |
2.207 |
-15.4% |
| 236 |
Open wounds of extremities (arms and legs) |
53.9 |
50.3 |
2.528 |
2.690 |
-6.8% |
| 226 |
Fracture of neck of femur (hip fracture) |
331.0 |
317.0 |
7.865 |
7.867 |
-4.2% |
| 243 |
Poisoning by nonmedicinal substances (substances other than medicine) |
24.6 |
25.2 |
1.201 |
1.119 |
2.5% |
| 227 |
Spinal cord injury |
11.3 |
11.7 |
0.880 |
0.816 |
3.5% |
| 228 |
Skull and face fractures |
50.0 |
52.6 |
2.963 |
3.216 |
5.2% |
| 230 |
Fracture of lower limb (leg) |
249.1 |
266.8 |
6.186 |
7.510 |
7.1% |
| 239 |
Superficial injury, contusion (bruise) |
49.2 |
53.2 |
2.091 |
1.415 |
8.0% |
| 233 |
Intracranial injury (brain injury) |
154.8 |
171.3 |
9.492 |
9.157 |
10.6% |
| 234 |
Crushing injury or internal injury |
92.4 |
105.7 |
5.288 |
6.082 |
14.4% |
| 229 |
Fracture of upper limb (arm) |
132.7 |
154.3 |
3.753 |
4.898 |
16.3% |
| 241 |
Poisoning by psychotropic agents (psychiatric drugs) |
65.4 |
76.9 |
1.973 |
2.116 |
17.5% |
| 240 |
Burns |
34.4 |
40.7 |
4.657 |
10.995 |
18.5% |
| 231 |
Other fractures |
156.5 |
193.6 |
4.658 |
5.903 |
23.7% |
| 244 |
Other injuries and conditions due to external causes |
80.9 |
101.7 |
4.310 |
5.158 |
25.7% |
| 242 |
Poisoning by other medications and drugs |
117.5 |
154.7 |
3.117 |
4.180 |
31.6% |
Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1997 and 2005. |