Classification of External Causes of Unintentional Deaths*

Cause of Death

E-code

Poisoning

850-869

Falls

880-888

Fire & flames

890-899

Nature/environment

900-904, 907-909

Injury caused by animals

905-906

Drowning

910

Mechanical suffocation

911-913

Struck by or against/caught in or between objects

916-918

Machinery

919

Cutting and piercing instruments or objects

920

Explosion of pressure vessel

921

Firearms

922

Explosive material

923

Hot substance or object, caustic or corrosive material and steam

924

Electric current

925

Other unspecified causes, e.g., noise, vibration, etc.

928

*International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision. 


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