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Mortality Table E1.  Age-Adjusted Rates¹ for External Causes for Residents, 1998-2007
Year Uninten-tional Injury (Accident) Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) Assault (Homicide) Undeter-mined Drug-Induced2 Alcohol-Induced2 Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents Falls Drowning, Accidental
1998 33.9 12.3 4.0 1.7 8.1 10.0 12.8 6.4 1.9
*** 1998 Comparability Modified ***
*** 1998 34.7 12.3 4.0 1.6 8.4 9.2 12.2 5.0 1.9
1999 33.5 14.2 3.2 1.7 10.0 9.9 12.2 6.2 2.0
2000 35.5 12.4 3.4 2.2 9.9 9.0 11.8 8.4 1.6
2001 35.1 11.9 3.2 1.8 9.0 10.3 12.0 8.4 1.8
2002 36.5 13.4 3.5 1.7 11.1 9.6 12.0 8.4 2.0
2003 36.4 13.0 3.4 1.7 11.7 10.0 11.1 8.9 1.7
2004 37.6 13.2 3.5 1.8 13.8 9.7 10.4 9.0 1.6
2005 39.8 12.7 3.7 1.3 14.2 9.5 11.4 9.1 1.7
2006 40.8 12.2 3.4 1.4 14.6 9.6 10.5 10.2 1.9
2007 39.5 12.9 3.1 1.6 14.8 10.2 9.3 10.8 1.3
1Rate per 100,000 age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 population.  
2These categories include some causes that are classified as "natural" deaths (e.g., alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver).
na:  Comparability ratio not available.
Note:  
Causes of death were coded with ICD-9 in 1990-1998 and with ICD-10 started in 1998.  Rates during 1998
have been multiplied by a comparability ratio (CR).  ICD codes and comparability ratios are:
    Unintentional Injury (Accident):  ICD-9:  E800-E869,E880-E929;  ICD-10:  V01-X59,Y85-Y86;  CR=1.0251
    Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide):  ICD-9:  E950-E959;  ICD-10:  X60-X84,Y87.0;  CR=1.0022
    Assault (Homicide):  ICD-9:  E960-E969;  ICD-10:  X85-Y09,Y87.1;  CR=1.0020
    Undetermined:  ICD-9:  E980-E989;  ICD-10:  Y10-Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9;  CR = .9867
    Drug-Induced:   ICD-9:  292,304,305.2-305.9,E850-E858,E950.0-E950.5,E962.0,E980.0-E980;  ICD-10:  F11.0-11.5,
        F11.7-F11.9,F12.0-F12.5,F12.7-F12.9,F13.0-F13.5,F13.7-F13.9,F14.0-F14.5,F14.7-F14.9,F15.0-F15.5,F15.7-F15.9,
        F16.0-F16.5,F16.7-F16.9,F17.0,F17.3-F17.5,F17.7-F17.9,F18.0-F18.5,F18.7-F18.9,F19.0-F19.5,F19.7-F19.9,
        X40-X44,X60-X64,X85,Y10-Y14;  CR=1.0434
    Alcohol-Induced:  ICD-9:  291,303,305.0,357.5,425.5,535.3,571.0-571.3,790.3,E860;  ICD-10:  F10,G31.2,G62.1,   
        I42.6,K29.2,K70,R78.0,X45,X65,Y15; CR=0.9222
    Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents:   ICD-9:  E810-E819;  ICD-10: V02-V04(.1,.9),V09.2,V12-V14(.3-.9), V19(.4-.6),
        V20-V28(.3-.9),V29-V79(.4-.9),V80(.3-.5),V81.1,V82.1,V83-V86(.0-.3),V87(.0-.8),V89.2; CR = .9527
    Falls:  ICD-9 E880-E886,E888;  ICD-10 W00-W19;  CR = .7720
    Drowning, Accidental:  ICD-9 E830,E832,E910;  ICD-10 V90,V92,W65-W74; CR = 1.0297
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2008.

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