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 2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey Health, United States trend Tables on injury Injury in the United States, 2007 chartbook
Related links National Health Interview Survey National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Discharge Survey 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 Injury Control Resource Information Network
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