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.

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