All Injuries

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Number of medically attended injury and poisoning episodes in the noninstitutionalized population: 34.3 million
• Episodes per 1,000 population: 115.7

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, Table 8

 

Health care use

Ambulatory care

• Number of ambulatory care visits for injuries, all settings: 81.4 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)

Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006, Table 5

• Number of emergency department visits for injuries: 42.4 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)

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 (includes 0.9 million discharges for certain complications of surgical and medical care)
• Discharges per 10,000 population: 99.5

Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 3

 

Mortality

All injury deaths

• Number of deaths: 173,753
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 58.6

Motor vehicle traffic deaths

• Number of deaths: 43,667
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 14.7

All poisoning deaths

• Number of deaths: 32,691
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.0

All firearm deaths

• Number of deaths:30,694
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.4

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table 18

 

More data

• Accidents/ Unintentional Injuries
• Self-inflicted Injury/Suicide
• Assault/Homicide
• Fact Sheet: Data on Injuries
• Injury in the United States, 2007 Chart book
• Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary
• 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey
• Deaths: Final Data for 2005
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2004
• Deaths: Injuries, 2002
• Health, United States trend Tables on injury
• Health Data Interactive
• Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
• CDC WONDER-Compressed Mortality File Underlying Cause-of-Death