Accidents or Unintentional Injuries
Data are for the U.S.
Physician office visits
Number of physician office visits for unintentional injuries: 24.8 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 National Summary Tables, table 16 [PDF – 682 KB]
Emergency department visits
Number of emergency department visits for unintentional injuries: 97.9 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 National Summary Tables, table 16
Mortality
All unintentional injury deaths
- Number of deaths: 200,955
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 61.0
- Cause of death rank: 4
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2020) via CDC WONDER
Unintentional fall deaths
- Number of deaths: 42,114
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.8
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2020) via CDC WONDER
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
- Number of deaths: 40,698
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.4
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2020) via CDC WONDER
Unintentional poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 87,404
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 26.5
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2020) via CDC WONDER
Related FastStats
More data: reports and tables
- Trends in Unintentional injuries from Health, United States
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2019 [PDF – 3 MB]
- Drug Poisoning Mortality, by State and by Race and Ethnicity: United States, 2019
- Urban-rural Differences in Unintentional Injury Death Rates Among Children Aged 0-17 Years: United States, 2018-2019
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2019
- Motor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates, by Sex, Age Group, and Road User Type: United States, 1999-2019
- Unintentional Drowning Deaths Among Children Aged 0-17 Years: United States, 1999-2019
- Emergency Department Visit Rates for Motor Vehicle Crashes by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2017-2018
- Motor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults Aged 15–24, by Urbanicity: United States, 2000–2018
- Unintentional Injury Death Rates in Rural and Urban Areas: United States, 1999–2017
- Regional Differences in the Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2017 [PDF – 761 KB]
- Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths, 2011–2016 [PDF – 335 KB]
- Emergency Department Visits for Injuries Sustained During Sports and Recreational Activities by Patients Aged 5-24 Years, 2010–2016 [PDF – 961 KB]
- Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 [PDF – 413 KB]
- NCHS Fact Sheet – NCHS Data on Drug Overdose Deaths
More data: query tools
- CDC WONDER-Multiple Cause-of-Death Data
- CDC WONDER – Underlying Cause of Death
- NCHS Mortality Dashboard
- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
- County-level Drug Overdose Mortality in the United States, 2003-2020
- 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 – 2.5 MB]
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Page last reviewed: September 6, 2022
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics