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    Emergency department visits
    • Number of emergency department visits for assault: 1.4 million

    Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2020 National Summary Tables, table 15

    Mortality

    All homicides

    • Number of deaths: 24,576
    • Deaths per 100,000 population: 7.5

    Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2020) via CDC WONDER

    Firearm homicides

    • Number of deaths: 19,384
    • Deaths per 100,000 population: 5.9

    Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2020) via CDC WONDER

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    More data: reports and tables

    • Trends in Homicide from Health, United States
    • Deaths: Leading Causes for 2018 [PDF – 3 MB]
    • Death Rates Due to Suicide and Homicide Among Persons Aged 10–24: United States, 2000–2017
    • Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 [PDF – 413 KB]

    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)
    • NCHS Data Visualization on Injury Mortality 1999-2016
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    • Ambulatory Health Care Data
    • Mortality Statistics
    • National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
    • Injury Definitions and Methods [PDF – 2.5 MB]
    • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    Last Reviewed: December 30, 2022
    Source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
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