Leading Causes of All Injury
Deaths, Hospitalizations, and Emergency Department (ED)† Visits
Albany County Residents, 2012-2014
Deaths
Other
27%
Suicide
25%
Fall
15%
•Motor Vehicle Traffic Injuries are a leading cause of injury related death
in Albany County.
•Annually, 14 Albany County Residents die due to traffic
related injuries.
• 5 Pedestrians
• 4 Occupants
• 3 Unspecified Persons
• * Motorcyclists
• * Bicyclists
Motor Vehicle
Poisoning
Traffic
12%
11%
Undetermined
10%
Hospitalizations
Other
20%
Unspecified
4%
Poisoning
4%
Motor Vehicle
Traffic
7%
Fall
56%
•Motor Vehicle Traffic Injuries are the third leading cause of injury related
hospitalizations in Albany County.
•Annually, 152 Albany County Residents are hospitalized due to traffic
related injuries.
• 85 Occupants
• 26 Pedestrians
• 26 Motorcyclists
• 11 Bicyclists
• 3 Unspecified Persons
Self Inflicted
9%
Emergency Department (ED)† Visits
Other
31%
Cut/Pierce
8%
Motor Vehicle
Traffic
8%
Fall
29%
Struck By,
Against
13%
•Motor Vehicle Traffic Injuries are a leading cause of injury related
emergency department visits in Albany County.
•Annually, 1,907 Albany County Residents are treated and released
from an emergency department due to traffic related injuries.
• 1,531 Occupants
• 151 Pedestrians
• 93 Unspecified Persons
• 74 Motorcyclists
• 41 Bicyclists
Overexertion
11%
† The incidence of ED visits does not include patients that were subsequently admitted into the hospital
*Data based on frequencies less than six not reported
Source: NYSDOH, Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
SPARCS June 2016
Vital Statistics Death File June 2016