Youth Violence: National Statistics
Trends in Non-Fatal Assault-Related Injury Rates, by Sex, United States, 2001–2009
From 2001–2009, non-fatal assault-related injury rates among persons ages 10–24 years were consistently higher among males than among females. Non-fatal assault related injury rates declined for both sexes ages 10–24 years. For males ages 10–24 years, non-fatal assault-related injury rates dropped from 1485.7 per 100,000 population in 2001 to 1264.9 per 100,000 in 2009. For females ages 10–24 years, non-fatal assault-related injury rates dropped from 967.8 per 100,000 in 2001 to 786.4 per 100,000 in 2009.
Data Source: Nonfatal assault data are from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System – All Injury Program operated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in collaboration with CDC, using WISQARS (http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars). The data represent nonfatal assaults treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments.
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