Injury and Violence

Below are links to information related to injury and violence. Scroll down to view this and other men's health topics.

Fireworks-Related Injuries
In 2003, males sustained about 72% of all fireworks-related injuries. Injuries from fireworks most often affect the hands and fingers, eyes, and head and face. Most of these injuries occur in homes, especially July 4th and New Year's Eve.

Heads Up! Concussions in Youth Sports
Heads Up! Play it Safe When it Comes to Concussions Podcast
CDC’s new youth sports tool kit teaches how to play it safe when it comes to concussions. A concussion is a brain injury caused by a bump or blow to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Even what seems to be a mild bump or blow to the head can be serious. As many as 3.8 million sports- and recreation-related concussions are estimated to occur in the United States each year.

Increase in Fatal Poisonings Involving Opioid Analgesics in the United States, 1999-2006
Males had higher age-adjusted poisoning death rates involving opioid analgesics than females throughout the period. In 2006, the rate for males was about 75 percent higher than for females.

Injury Fact Sheets
Males are at higher risk than females for motor vehicle crashes, falls, drowning, and homicide. Compared with women, men are twice as likely to sustain a traumatic brain injury and four times as likely to sustain a spinal cord injury. Learn more about injuries.

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention
Nearly 5.3 million incidents of IPV occur each year among U.S. women ages 18 and older, and 3.2 million occur among men.

Leptospirosis Risk in Outdoor Activities
People who enjoy outdoor activities such as freshwater kayaking, rafting, canoeing or swimming may be at risk for leptospirosis. Learn how to help prevent infection and stay safe outdoors.

Motor Vehicle-Related Death Rates- United States, 1999-2005 
This report determined that, during 1999-2005, although annual age-adjusted motor vehicle-related death rates overall were nearly unchanged (range: 15.2-15.7 per 100,000 population), substantial differences were observed by state, U.S. Census region, sex, race, and age group. During 1999-2005, the average annual death rate for males in the United States was more than twice the rate for females.

Motor Vehicle Safety
Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and nonfatally injure someone every two minutes. Male drivers involved in fatal motor vehicle crashes are almost twice as likely as female drivers to be intoxicated with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or greater.

Sexual Violence Prevention
Sexual violence is a serious problem that affects millions of people every year. Women are more likely to be victims of sexual violence than men: 78% of the victims of rape and sexual assault are women and 22% are men.

Surveillance for Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Deaths - United States, 1997-2007
During 1997-2007, an annual average of 53,014 deaths among U.S. residents were associated with TBIs. The rate of TBI deaths was three times higher among males (28.8 per 100,000 population) than among females (9.1).

Tool Kit on Concussion for High School Coaches
Concussions can happen to any athlete- male or female- in any sport. Concussions are a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI), caused by a blow or jolt to the head, that can range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain normally works. Coaches, athletic directors, and trainers play a key role in helping to prevent concussion and in managing it properly if it occurs.

Water-Related Injuries
In 2005, males were four times more likely than females to die from unintentional drownings in the United States.

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