All Injuries
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Number of medically consulted injury and poisoning episodes in the population: 39.5 million
- Episodes per 1,000 population: 126.3
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices for injuries: 57.5 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 National Summary Tables, table 16 [PDF – 704 KB]
Emergency departments visits
- Number of emergency department visits for injuries: 38.0 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)
Mortality
All injury deaths
- Number of deaths: 306,086
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 92.2
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
All poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 111,830
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 33.7
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
- Number of deaths: 45,404
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.7
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
All firearm deaths
- Number of deaths: 48,830
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 14.7
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
Mortality: Drug overdose/drug poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 106,699
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 32.1
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
- Number of drug overdose deaths involving any opioid: 80,411
- Drug overdose deaths involving any opioid per 100,000 population: 24.2
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
- Number of drug overdose deaths involving heroin: 9,173
- Drug overdose deaths involving heroin per 100,000 population: 2.8
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
Related FastStats
More data: reports and tables
- Trends in Injury from Health, United States
- Health, United States — Topic Page: Injury visits
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2018 [PDF – 3 MB]
- Concussions and Brain Injuries in Children: United States, 2020
- 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
- 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]
- Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 [PDF – 413 KB]
- Parental Report of Significant Head Injuries in Children Aged 3-17 Years: United States, 2016
- 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)
- Emergency Department Visits for Injuries Sustained During Sports and Recreational Activities by Patients Aged 5–24 Years, 2010–2016 [PDF – 961 KB]
- 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 – 2.5 MB]
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health