Accidents or Unintentional Injuries
Data are for the U.S.
Physician office visits
Number of physician office visits for unintentional injuries: 39.5 million
Emergency department visits
Number of emergency department visits for unintentional injuries: 29.4 million
Mortality
All unintentional injury deaths
- Number of deaths: 167,127
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 51.1
- Cause of death rank: 3
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2018) via CDC WONDER
Unintentional fall deaths
- Number of deaths: 37,455
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.4
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2018) via CDC WONDER
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
- Number of deaths: 37,991
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.6
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2018) via CDC WONDER
Unintentional poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 62,399
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 19.1
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2018) via CDC WONDER
Related FastStats
More data: reports and tables
- Trends in Unintentional injuries from Health, United States
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
- Unintentional Injury Death Rates in Rural and Urban Areas: United States, 1999–2017
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2018
- Regional Differences in the Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 761 KB]
- Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths, 2011–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 335 KB]
- Emergency Department Visits for Injuries Sustained During Sports and Recreational Activities by Patients Aged 5-24 Years, 2010–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 961 KB]
- Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 413 KB]
- NCHS Fact Sheet – NCHS Data on Drug Poisoning Deaths
- Drug Overdose Deaths Among Adolescents Aged 15-19 in the United States: 1999-2015
- Sports and Recreation Related Injury Episodes in the United States, 2011-2014 pdf icon[PDF – 272 KB]
- Deaths From Unintentional Injury Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000–2013
- Emergency Department Visits for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injuries: United States, 2010–2011
- Emergency Department Visits for Drug Poisoning: United States, 2008-2011
More data: query tools
- CDC WONDER-Multiple Cause-of-Death Data
- CDC WONDER – Underlying Cause of Death
- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
- NCHS Data Visualization on Drug Poisoning Mortality 1999-2016
- NCHS Data Visualization on Injury Mortality 1999-2016
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- Mortality Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
- National Health Interview Survey
- NHIS: Injury and Poisoning Information
- Injury Definitions and Methods pdf icon[PDF – 2.5 MB]
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Page last reviewed: October 30, 2020
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics