Injury Data and Resources

Updated April 2, 2021

The purpose of this Web site is to provide an overview of injury morbidity and mortality data and statistics available from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and to provide details on injury surveillance methodology and tools to assist in data analysis.

NCHS Databases
Resources for injury data from various NCHS surveys and data collection systems
International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics
Learn about the mission and current activities of ICE
Tools and Frameworks
Tools for classifying International Classification of Disease (ICD) Codes
Data Access and Resources
Related resources in injury data

What's New

Co-involvement of Opioids in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants (4/2021)
Motor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates, by Sex, Age Group, and Road User Type: United States, 1999–2019 (3/2021)
Urban–Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 1999–2019 (3/2021)
Assessing Linkage Eligibility Bias in the National Health Interview Survey pdf icon[PDF – 899 KB] (3/2021)
Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2019 (2/2021)
The 2020 International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification Injury Diagnosis Framework for Categorizing Injuries by Body Region and Nature of Injury pdf icon[PDF – 536 KB] (12/2020)
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2019 (12/2020)
Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine: United States, 2009–2018 (10/2020)
National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Opioid-involved Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths pdf icon[PDF – 486 KB] (06/2020)
Increase in Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2018 (04/2020)
The International Classication of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modication (ICD–10–CM) External Cause-of-injury Framework for Categorizing Mechanism pdf icon[PDF-492 KB](12/2019)
Regional Differences in the Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths:United States, 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 759 KB] (10/2019)
Urban–rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, by Sex, Age, and Type of Drugs Involved, 2017 (08/2019)
An Updated International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM) Surveillance Case Definition for Injury Hospitalizations pdf icon[PDF – 654 KB] (07/2019)
Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl,2011–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 373 KB] (03/2019)
Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2011–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 335 KB] (12/2018)
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2017 (11/2018)
Suicide Rates in the United States Continue to Increase (06/2018)
Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 413 KB] (06/2018)
Issues in Developing a Surveillance Case Definition for Nonfatal Suicide Attempt and Intentional Self-harm Using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM) Coded Data. pp. 19 (PHS) 2018-1250 pdf icon[PDF – 369 KB] (02/2018)
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2016 (12/2017)
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2015 (02/2017)
National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Traumatic Brain Injury. 12 pp. (PHS) 2016-1250.pdf icon (07/2016)
Increases in Medically Attended Nonfatal Injury Episodes Among Females in the United States. 8 pp. (PHS) 2016-1209.pdf icon (07/2016)
QuickStats: Percentage of Medically Attended Injury Episodes That Resulted in Time Lost from Work or School by Number of Days Lost — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2011–2014.‎ (07/2016)
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates for Females and Males, by Method — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2000 and 2014. (05/2016)
Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999–2014. 8 pp. (PHS) 2016-1209.pdf icon (04/2016)
QuickStats: Percentage of Nonfatal Injuries Among Males and Females by Place of Occurrence—National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2012–2014. (01/2016)
Proposed Framework for Presenting Injury Data Using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM) Diagnosis Codes. 20 pp. (PHS) 2016-1250.pdf icon (01/2016)
QuickStats: Death Rates from Unintentional Injury Among Adults Aged 65 Years or Older by Cause of Death and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2012–2013. (07/2015)

Page last reviewed: April 2, 2021

Content source: National Center for Health Statistics