All Injuries
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Number of medically consulted 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: 72.6 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)
Emergency departments visits
- Number of emergency department visits for injuries: 43.2 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)
Mortality
All injury deaths
- Number of deaths: 240,583
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 73.5
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2018) via CDC WONDER
All poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 72,473
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 22.2
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2018) via CDC WOND
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
- Number of deaths: 37,991
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.6
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2018) via CDC WONDER
All firearm deaths
- Number of deaths: 39,740
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.1
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2018) via CDC WONDER
Mortality: Drug overdose/drug poisoning deaths
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 21.6 (2017)
- Drug overdose deaths involving any opioid per 100,000 population: 14.6 (2017)
- Drug overdose deaths involving heroin per 100,000 population: 4.8 (2017)
Source: Health, United States, 2018, table 8 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
Related FastStats
More data: reports and tables
- Trends in Injury from Health, United States
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States: 1999-2018
- Regional Differences in the Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 761 KB]
- Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths, 2011-2016 pdf icon[PDF – 335 KB]
- Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 413 KB]
- Parental Report of Significant Head Injuries in Children Aged 3-17 Years: United States, 2016
- Drug Overdose Deaths Among Adolescents Aged 15-19 in the United States: 1999-2015
- National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Traumatic Brain Injury pdf icon[PDF – 475 KB]
- NCHS Fact Sheet – NCHS Data on Drug Poisoning Deaths
- Sports and Recreation-related Injury Episodes in the United States, 2011-2014pdf icon
- Increases in Medically Attended Nonfatal Injury Episodes Among Females in the United States
- 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
More data: query tools
- CDC WONDER – Multiple Cause-of-Death Data
- CDC WONDER – Underlying Cause of Death
- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
- NCHS Data Visualization on Drug Poisoning Mortality 1999-2016
- NCHS Data Visualization on Injury Mortality 1999-2016
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- Mortality Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
- National Health Interview Survey
- NHIS: Injury and Poisoning Information
- Injury Definitions and Methods pdf icon[PDF – 2.5 MB]
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Page last reviewed: October 30, 2020
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics