Place of occurrence code
The following fourth-character subdivisions are for use with categories W00-Y34 except Y06.- and Y07.- to identify the place of occurrence of the external cause where relevant:
.0 Home
Apartment
Boarding-house
Caravan [trailer] park, residential
Farmhouse
Home premises
House (residential)
Noninstitutional place of residence
Private:
. driveway to home
. garage
. garden to home
. yard to home
Swimming-pool in private house or garden
Excludes: abandoned or derelict house (.8)
home under construction but not yet occupied (.6)
institutional place of residence (.1)
.1 Residential institution
Children's home
Dormitory
Home for the sick
Hospice
Military camp
Nursing home
Old people's home
Orphanage
Pensioner's home
Prison
Reform school
.2 School, other institution and public administrative area
Building (including adjacent grounds) used by the general public or by a particular group of the public such as:
. assembly hall
. campus
. church
. cinema
. clubhouse
. college
. court-house
. dancehall
. day nursery
. gallery
. hospital
. institute for higher education
. kindergarten
. library
. movie-house
. museum
. music-hall
. opera-house
. post office
. public hall
. school (private)(public)(state)
. theatre
. university
. youth centre
Excludes: building under construction (.6)
residential institution (.1)
sports and athletics area (.3)
.3 Sports and athletics area
Baseball field
Basketball-court
Cricket ground
Football field
Golf-course
Gymnasium
Hockey field
Riding-school
Skating-rink
Squash-court
Stadium
Swimming-pool, public
Tennis-court
Excludes: swimming-pool or tennis-court in private home or garden (.0)
.4 Street and highway
Freeway
Motorway
Pavement
Road
Sidewalk
.5 Trade and service area
Airport
Bank
Cafe
Casino
Garage (commercial)
Gas station
Hotel
Market
Office building
Petrol station
Radio or television station
Restaurant
Service station
Shop (commercial)
Shopping mall
Station (bus)(railway)
Store
Supermarket
Warehouse
Excludes: garage in private home (.0)
.6 Industrial and construction area
Building [any] under construction
Dockyard
Dry dock
Factory:
. building
. premises
Gasworks
Industrial yard
Mine
Oil rig and other offshore installations
Pit (coal)(gravel)(sand)
Power-station (coal)(nuclear)(oil)
Shipyard
Tunnel under construction
Workshop
.7 Farm
Farm:
. buildings
. land under cultivation
Ranch
Excludes: farmhouse and home premises of farm (.0)
.8 Other specified places
Beach
Campsite
Canal
Caravan site NOS
Derelict house
Desert
Dock NOS
Forest
Harbour
Hill
Lake
Marsh
Military training ground
Mountain
Park (amusement) (public)
Parking-lot and parking-place
Pond or pool
Prairie
Public place NOS
Railway line
River
Sea
Seashore
Stream
Swamp
Water reservoir
Zoo
.9 Unspecified place
Activity code
The following subclassification is provided for optional use in a supplementary character position with categories V01-Y34 to indicate the activity of the injured person at the time the event occurred. This subclassification should not be confused with, or be used instead of, the recommended fourth-character subdivisions provided to indicate the place of occurrence of events classifiable to W00-Y34.
0 While engaged in sports activity
Physical exercise with a described functional element such as:
. golf
. jogging
. riding
. school athletics
. skiing
. swimming
. trekking
. water-skiing
1 While engaged in leisure activity
Hobby activities
Leisure-time activities with an entertainment element such as going to the cinema, to a dance or to a party
Participation in sessions and activities of voluntary organizations
Excludes: sports activities (0)
2 While working for income
Paid work (manual)(professional)
Transportation (time) to and from such activities
Work for salary, bonus and other types of income
3 While engaged in other types of work
Domestic duties such as:
. caring for children and relatives
. cleaning
. cooking
. gardening
. household maintenance
Duties for which one would not normally gain an income
Learning activities, e.g. attending school session or lesson
Undergoing education
4 While resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activities Personal hygiene
8 While engaged in other specified activities
9 During unspecified activity
