Accidents or Unintentional Injuries

Related Links

• Ambulatory Health Care Data
• Mortality data
• National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
• National Health Interview Survey
• NHIS: Injury and Poisoning Information
• Injury Definitions and Methods [PDF – 2.5 MB]
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Emergency department visits

Number of emergency department visits for unintentional injuries: 30.6 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2014 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 17 [PDF – 1.9 MB]

Mortality

All unintentional injury deaths

• Number of deaths: 135,928
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 42.6
• Cause of death rank: 4

Unintentional fall deaths

• Number of deaths: 31,959
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.0

Motor vehicle traffic deaths

• Number of deaths: 33,736
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.6

Unintentional poisoning deaths

• Number of deaths: 42,032
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.2

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, tables 9, 18 [PDF – 5.4 MB]

Emergency department visits

Number of emergency department visits for unintentional injuries: 30.6 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2014 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 17 [PDF – 1.9 MB]

Mortality

All unintentional injury deaths

• Number of deaths: 135,928
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 42.6
• Cause of death rank: 4

Unintentional fall deaths

• Number of deaths: 31,959
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.0

Motor vehicle traffic deaths

• Number of deaths: 33,736
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.6

Unintentional poisoning deaths

• Number of deaths: 42,032
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.2

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, tables 9, 18 [PDF – 5.4 MB]