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All Injuries

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

Morbidity

Number of medically attended injury and poisoning episodes in the noninstitutionalized population: 33.3 million

Episodes per 1,000 population: 113.2

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table 8

Health care use

Ambulatory care

Number of visits to office-based physicians: 81.2 million (includes 5.9 million visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)

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

Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 9.9 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 11

Number of emergency department visits: 42.4 million

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

Hospital inpatient care

Number of discharges (injuries and poisonings):  3.0 million

Discharges per 10,000 population: 99.5

Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 6

Mortality

All injury deaths

Number of deaths: 173,753

Deaths per 100,000 population: 58.6.

All unintentional injury deaths

Number of deaths: 117,809

Deaths per 100,000 population: 39.7

All suicides

Number of deaths: 32,637

Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.0

All homicides

Number of deaths: 18,124

Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.1

All motor vehicle traffic deaths

Number of deaths: 43,667

Deaths per 100,000 population: 14.7

All firearm deaths

Number of deaths:30,694

Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.4

All poisoning deaths

Number of deaths: 32,691

Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.0

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table 18

More data

Deaths: Final Data for 2005

2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey

Health, United States trend Tables on injury

Injury in the United States, 2007 chartbook

Health Data Interactive

Related links

Fact Sheet:  Data on Injuries

National Health Interview Survey

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Hospital Discharge Survey

Mortality data

ICD-10 Injury Mortality Framework Documents

National Center for Health Statistics Injury Data and Resources

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

National Safety Council

Injury Control Resource Information Network

This page last reviewed December 17, 2008