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Accidents/Unintentional
Injuries

(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Health care use

Number of visits to office-based physicians: 49.2 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, Table 14

Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 6.4 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 12

Number of emergency department visits: 27.7 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 13

Mortality

All unintentional injury deaths

Number of deaths: 117, 809

Deaths per 100,000 population: 39.7

Cause of death rank: 5

Unintentional fall deaths

Number of deaths: 19, 656

Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.6

Unintentional poisoning deaths

Number of deaths: 23,618

Deaths per 100,000 population: 8.0

Motor vehicle traffic deaths

Number of deaths: 45,343

Deaths per 100,000 population: 15.3

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables C, 10, 11

More data

Deaths: Injuries, 2002

Deaths: Final Data for 2005

Health, United States trend Tables on injury

Injury Fact Sheet

Injury in the United States, 2007 chartbook

Health Data Interactive

Related links

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Mortality data

ICD-10 Injury Mortality Framework Documents

International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Injury Control Resource Information Network

This page last reviewed November 12, 2008