Accidents or Unintentional Injuries

Emergency department visits

Number of emergency department visits for unintentional injuries: 31.0 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2011 Emergency Department Summary Tables. Table 17 [PDF - 1.1 MB]

Mortality

All unintentional injury deaths

• Number of deaths: 130,557
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 41.3
• Cause of death rank: 4

Unintentional fall deaths

• Number of deaths: 30,208
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 9.6

Motor vehicle traffic deaths

• Number of deaths: 33,804
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.7

Unintentional poisoning deaths

• Number of deaths: 38,851
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.3

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2013, tables 9, 18 [PDF - 1.5 MB]