Indicator: Motor Vehicle Accident Hospitalizations, King County

Sources: Washington State Department of Health, Office of Hospital and Patient Data Systems, Hospital Discharge Data.
Most recent data (2007): 53.2 hospitalizations per 100,000, including 1024 hospitalizations.

See also: Indicators | Health Planning Areas

.	Trend Over Time		Demographic Differences
	Last 10 Years	Last 5 Years	5-year Average, 2003-2007
	1998-2007	2003-2007	Rate	Lower CI	Upper CI
All	▼	▼	59.0	57.4	60.6
Age
<18	▼	▼	27.1	24.8	29.5
18-24	---	---	110.6	103.8	117.8
25-44	▼	▼	61.8	59.0	64.7
45-64	▲	▲	60.4	57.3	63.6
65+	▼	▼	75.4	70.0	81.1
Gender
Male	▼	▼	76.4	73.9	79.0
Female	▼	▼	41.8	39.9	43.7
Race/Ethnicity
African American	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Indian/AN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Asian/PI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hispanic/Latino	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
White	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neighborhood Poverty Level
High Poverty	---	---	112.2	100.2	126.1
Medium Poverty	▼	▼	68.4	66.3	70.5
Low Poverty	▼	▼	58.0	54.9	61.3
Region
East	▼	▼	37.3	34.7	40.1
South	▼	▼	68.3	65.6	71.2
Seattle	▼	▼	66.6	63.6	69.8
North	▼	▼	54.5	49.6	59.8

Trend symbols:

▲	up, statistically significant
▼	down, statistically significant
---	flat, no trend
.	getting worse
.	getting better

Notes:

N/A: Not available

^ Too few occurrences to meet validity standard

CI is 95% Confidence Interval

Rate = Hospitalizations per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the US 2000 population

Persons of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity can be of any race and are included in the racial categories

See also:

King County AIMs High*

Injury prevention

*AIMs High performance reports by the King County Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management can help you understand social, economic, and environmental conditions throughout the county and what King County government is doing to improve those conditions.