All Injuries
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Number of medically attended injury and poisoning episodes in the population: 39.5 million
- Episodes per 1,000 population: 126.3
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices for injuries: 83.6 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment))
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2014 Summary Tables, table 18 [PDF – 614 MB]
Emergency departments visits
- Number of emergency department visits for injuries: 42.3 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)
Mortality
All injury deaths
- Number of deaths: 199,752
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 62.6
All poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 51,966
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 16.3
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
- Number of deaths: 33,736
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.6
All firearm deaths
- Number of deaths: 33,594
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.5
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, table 18 [PDF – 4.4 MB]
Mortality: Drug poisoning deaths
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 16.3 (2015)
- Drug poisoning opioid analgesic deaths per 100,000 population: 7.0 (2015)
- Drug poisoning heroin deaths per 100,000 population: 4.0 (2015)
Source: Health, United States, 2016, table 27 [PDF – 9.8 MB]
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More data: reports and tables
- Health, United States trend tables on injury
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2014 [PDF – 3.5 MB]
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States: 1999-2015
- National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Traumatic Brain Injury [PDF – 475 KB] (Data year: 2013, 2014)
- NCHS Fact Sheet – NCHS Data on Drug Poisoning Deaths (Data year: 2000-2014, 2014)
- Sports and Recreation-related Injury Episodes in the United States, 2011-2014
- Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths, 2010-2014
- Increases in Medically Attended Nonfatal Injury Episodes Among Females in the United States (Data year: 2005-2008 to 2011-2014)
- Deaths from Unintentional Injury Among Adults Aged 65 and Older: United States, 2000-2013
- Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin: United States, 2000-2013
- Emergency Department Visits for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injuries: United States, 2010-2011
- Emergency Department Visits for Drug Poisoning: United States, 2008-2011
- Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid Analgesics: United States, 1999-2011
- Injury-related Emergency Department Visits by Children and Adolescents: United States, 2009-2010
More data: query tools
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- Mortality data
- National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
- National Health Interview Survey
- NHIS: Injury and Poisoning Information
- Injury Definitions and Methods [PDF – 2.5 MB]
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Page last reviewed: May 3, 2017
- Page last updated: May 3, 2017
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