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Leading Causes of Death: Unintentional Injury
Leading Causes of Death: Unintentional Injury
Leading Causes of Death: Suicide
Leading Causes of Death: Suicide
Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death: Poisonings, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Falls
Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death
WISQARS Data Visualization: Suicide Data by Age Group
Suicide Data by Age Group
The majority of people who died by suicide are white.
Suicide Data by Race
Males are more than three times as likely to die by suicide than females.
Suicide Data on Males and Females
Of the more than 47,000 lives lost to suicide each year almost all are lost by firearm, suffocation, or drug overdose.
Suicide Data by Mechanism
Suicide rates have increased over the last 16 years in almost every state.
Trends in State Suicide Rates
Common causes of unintentional injury can include falling, poisoning, being struck by or against an object, and being in a motor vehicle crash.
Causes of Unintentional Injury
Adults ages 85+ have the highest rate of injury-related emergency department visits.
Nonfatal Injury Data by Age Group
About 3 million people are hospitalized and over 25 million are treated and released from emergency departments due to injuries.
Nonfatal Injury Data by Disposition
More males than females are treated in emergency departments for injuries.
Nonfatal Injury Data on Males and Females

WISQARS Data Visualization Training Videos

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WISQARS: YOUR SOURCE FOR U.S. INJURY DATA. WISQARS is CDC’s interactive database that provides United States injury-related fatal, nonfatal, and cost data.

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Page last reviewed: June 23, 2020
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control