Injury Center Snapshot

The Injury Center is building on ACEs research to create a solid foundation for everyone’s health and wellbeing.

• NCIPC has been a leader in ACEs prevention and mitigation efforts for decades. We have a legacy of successful initiatives that have built the framework and infrastructure for our newest investments.
  • Funded 12 states or tribal nations to build jurisdiction-wide ACEs monitoring and prevention
  • Tracked ACEs and health outcomes through two national level surveys
    • As of 2020, all states have data on ACEs among adults
    • As of 2023, for the first time, there will be national data on ACEs among adolescents
  • Supported ACEs monitoring and research from more than 50 grantees in health departments and academic institutions
  • Provided 23 states with funding to address the impact of COVID-19 on suicide and ACES.

• We drive data to action to create safe, stable, and nurturing environments for all children. Preventing ACEs could reduce a large number of health conditions including depression, heart disease, and obesity.⁹

The Injury Center applies its surveillance, research, prevention, and response approach to reduce drug overdose.

• In 2006, NCIPC scientists first published data on the growing epidemic of opioid overdose. Since then, NCIPC has been at the forefront of federal efforts to prevent overdoses and substance use–related harms.
  • In 2021, we awarded $296 million to 66 jurisdictions—47 states and Washington, D.C., 16 localities, and 2 territories—to scale up overdose prevention and response efforts.
  • We administer The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program — the nation’s leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. More than 700 DFC coalitions are funded across the United States.
  • In 2022, we released our updated Overdose Prevention Framework, which details CDC’s guiding principles and strategic priorities to address the evolving overdose crisis.

The Injury Center is dedicating new funding to address multiple forms of violence.

• In the United States, 124 people die from gun violence every day and even more sustain non-fatal injuries.⁸ As part of our work to address firearm safety as a public health issue, we
  • awarded 18 research grants focusing on gun violence prevention and evaluating strategies that protect individuals, families, and communities
  • funded 10 state health departments to provide surveillance data in near-real time on emergency visits for nonfatal firearm injuries
  • released new data on firearm deaths showing a historic increase of 35% in the firearm homicide rate, the highest in more than 25 years.¹⁰

• Youth in the United States are at particular risk of violence, with homicide being the second leading cause of death for young people aged 10–24.¹¹
  • For more than 15 years, we have supported cities and local health departments working to prevent multiple forms of youth violence.
  • Currently, we fund 8 recipients working to decrease high rates of violence in communities and address risk factors like limited educational or employment opportunities and racial inequity.

The Injury Center is working toward a vision of “no lives lost to suicide” by prioritizing data, science, action, and collaboration.

• People of any age, race, ethnicity, or sex can experience suicide risk, but certain groups have substantially higher rates of suicide.
  • Our Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program aims to reduce suicide among higher risk groups like middle-age adults, youth and young adults, LGBTQ+ persons, veterans, and tribal communities.
  • Timely data can save lives. We fund 10 states to collect near-real time data from emergency departments on suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. These data have helped states respond to suicide clusters, track trends in suicidal behavior among adolescents, and monitor the impacts of COVID-19.