All Injuries
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Percent of adults age 18 and older who had an activity-limiting injury in the past 3 months: 5.9%
Source: Activity-limiting Injury in Adults: United States, 2020−2021
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: 40.0 million (includes visits for injury, poisoning, 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 2019 [PDF – 3 MB]
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2001-2021
- Unintentional Fall Deaths Among Adults Ages 65 and Older: United States, 2020
- Concussions and Brain Injuries in Children: United States, 2020
- Emergency Department Visit Rates for Motor Vehicle Crashes by Selected Characteristics in the United States, 2019–2020
- Drug Poisoning Mortality, by State and by Race and Ethnicity: United States, 2019
- Urban-rural Differences in Unintentional Injury Death Rates Among Children Ages 0–17 Years: United States, 2018-2019
- Motor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates, by Sex, Age Group, and Road User Type: United States, 1999-2019
- Unintentional Drowning Deaths Among Children Ages 0–17 Years: United States, 1999-2019
More data: query tools
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