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Mortality Table E1. Age-Adjusted Rates¹ for External Causes for Residents, 2001-2010
Year Uninten-tional Injury Suicide Homicide Undeter-mined Drug-Induced2 Alcohol-Induced2 Motor Vehicle Traffic Uninten-tional Injury Falls Drowning, Uninten-tional
2001 35.1 11.9 3.2 1.8 9.0 10.3 12.0 8.4 1.8
2002 36.5 13.4 3.5 1.7 11.1 9.6 12.0 8.4 2.0
2003 36.4 13.0 3.4 1.7 11.7 10.0 11.1 8.9 1.7
2004 37.6 13.2 3.5 1.8 13.8 9.7 10.4 9.0 1.6
2005 39.8 12.7 3.7 1.3 14.2 9.5 11.4 9.1 1.7
2006 40.8 12.2 3.4 1.4 14.6 9.6 10.5 10.2 1.9
2007 39.5 12.9 3.1 1.6 14.8 10.2 9.3 10.8 1.3
2008 40.2 13.0 3.4 1.6 15.3 10.8 8.5 11.1 1.5
2009 38.7 13.3 2.9 1.7 14.8 11.0 7.9 11.1 1.5
2010* 37.3 13.8 2.7 1.5 13.7 11.2 7.4 11.2 1.6
1Rate per 100,000 age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 population.
2These categories include some causes that are classified as "natural" deaths (e.g., alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver).
*Rates for 2010 only are based on 2010 Census population data
Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2011.

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