All Injuries

Morbidity

• Number of medically attended injury and poisoning episodes in the population: 37.4 million
• Episodes per 1,000 population: 121.2

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2012, table 7 [PDF - 1 MB]

Ambulatory care visits

• Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) for injuries: 80.1 million (includes visits for adverse effects of drug, medicinal or biological substance)

Sources: Selected patient and provider characteristics for ambulatory care visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments: United States, 2009-2010 [PDF - 127 KB]

Emergency departments visits

• Number of emergency department visits for injuries: 43.0 million (includes visits for adverse effects of medical treatment)

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2011 Emergency Department Summary Tables. Table 17 [PDF - 1.1 MB]

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges for fractures (all sites): 1.1 million
• Number of discharges for poisonings: 260,000
• Number of discharges for certain complications of surgical and medical care: 1.0 million

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2010 tables, Average length of stay and days of care - Number and rate of discharges by first-listed diagnostic categories [PDF - 58 KB]

Mortality

All injury deaths

• Number of deaths: 192,945
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 60.2

All poisoning deaths

• Number of deaths: 48,545
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 15.4

Motor vehicle traffic deaths

• Number of deaths: 33,804
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.7

All firearm deaths

• Number of deaths: 33,636
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.6

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2013, table 18 [PDF - 1.5 MB]

Mortality: Drug poisoning deaths

• Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.9 (2013)

Source: Health, United States, 2014, table 30 [PDF - 9.8 MB]