"Medical billing records are full of curious designations and interesting facts — including which types of injuries are unusually common in which states.
Across the US, open wounds and bruises are the most commonly reported injuries. But Amino — a company that aims to use big data to match patients up with doctors — combed through insurance claims data to find the unique injuries that crop up unusually often in each state.
Animal-drawn vehicle accidents, on the other hand, are unusually common in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Nebraska. And in Hawaii, a “near-drowning” diagnosis is more than six times higher than the national average," stated Stat.
Drum roll please....
Suffocation!
I guess I need to watch out how I sleep and when I shove my head into my pillows the next time.