Research Article
Epidemiology of Injuries in Belgium: Contribution of Hospital Data for Surveillance
Table 1
Codes of the external causes of injury in the ICD-9-CM taken into account in this study.
| ā | Causes |
| | Transport injuries | | Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicinal substances, and biologicals | | Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and vapors | | Accidental falls | | Accidents caused by fire and flames | | Accidents due to natural and environmental factors | | Accidents caused by submersion, suffocation, and foreign bodies | | Other accidents | | Suicide and self-inflicted injury | | Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons | | Legal intervention | | Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | | Injury resulting from operations of war | | Terrorism | | Late effects of accidental injury |
| ā | Place of occurrence |
| | Home accidents | | Farm accidents | | Mine and quarry accidents | | Accidents occurring in industrial places and premises | | Accidents occurring in place for recreation and sport | | Street and highway accidents | | Accidents occurring in public building | | Accidents occurring in residential institution | | Accidents occurring in another specified place | | Accidents occurring in unspecified place |
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