Accidents or Unintentional Injuries
Data are for the U.S.
Emergency department visits
Number of emergency department visits for unintentional injuries: 30.8 million
Mortality
All unintentional injury deaths
- Number of deaths: 161,374
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 49.9
- Cause of death rank: 3
Unintentional fall deaths
- Number of deaths: 34,673
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.7
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
- Number of deaths: 40,327
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.5
Unintentional poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 58,335
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 18.1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2016, tables 6, 7 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 2 MB]
Related FastStats
More data: reports and tables
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2016 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 2 MB]
- Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 413 KB]
- Drug Overdose Deaths Among Adolescents Aged 15-19 in the United States: 1999-2015
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States: 1999-2015
- Sports and Recreation Related Injury Episodes in the United States, 2011-2014 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 272 KB]
- NCHS Fact Sheet – NCHS Data on Drug Poisoning Deaths
- Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths, 2010-2014Cdc-pdf
- 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
- Trends in Unintentional injuries from Health, United States
- Emergency Department Visits for Drug Poisoning: United States, 2008-2011
- Unintentional Drowning Deaths in the United States, 1999–2010
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 data
- National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
- National Health Interview Survey
- NHIS: Injury and Poisoning Information
- Injury Definitions and Methods Cdc-pdf[PDF – 2.5 MB]
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Page last reviewed: January 20, 2017
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics