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TABLE C-18
1998 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
                                                                    DEATHS DUE TO
                                                 AN EXTERNAL CAUSE OF DEATH BY NATURE OF INJURY
                    
                                                                EXTERNAL CAUSES OF DEATH 
                                                                                                    OTHER 
                                                MOTOR VEHICLE    OTHER                             EXTERNAL
NATURE OF INJURY #                                  INJURY       INJURY     SUICIDE    HOMICIDE     CAUSE
---------------------------------------------   -------------    --------   -------    --------   ---------
                    
FRACTURE, SPRAIN & DISLOCATION                        12           34          0          0           0
INTRACRANIAL INJURY                                   44           28         11          3           0
INTERNAL INJURY                                       41           13          4          1           0
OPEN WOUND & INJURY TO BLOOD VESSELS                   4            4         66          7           0
SUPERFICIAL INJURY                                     0            2          0          0           0
EFFECTS OF FOREIGN BODY                                0            7          0          0           0
BURNS                                                  0           11          0          0           0
INJURY TO NERVES & SPINAL CORD                         1            2          0          0           0
POISONING                                              0           28         29          0           5
TOXIC EFFECTS OF NONMEDICINAL SUBSTANCE                0           10          2          0           0
LATE EFFECTS OF INJURY, POISONING, & TOXICS            0            4          0          0           0
TRAUMATIC COMPLICATION & UNSPECIFIED INJURY           41           15          2          5           0
OTHER INJURY                                           7           27         13          1           0
                    
TOTAL DEATHS DUE TO AN EXTERNAL CAUSE *               79          131         86         10           3
                    
                    
* DOES NOT SUM TO TOTAL BECAUSE A GIVEN EXTERNAL CAUSE MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE NATURE OF INJURY MENTIONED.
# SEE APPENDIX D FOR COMPLETE INJURY CLASSIFICATION AND CODES.

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