N C H S - FASTATS

All Injuries

(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)

Morbidity

Number of medically attended injury and poisoning episodes in the noninstitutionalized population: 24.6 million (2001)

Episodes per 1,000 population: 88.8 (2001)

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2001

Health care use

Ambulatory care

Number of visits to office-based physicians: 104.0 million (includes 4.8 million visits for adverse effects of medical treatment) (2002)

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Summary

Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 10.8 million (includes 610,000 visits for adverse effects of medical treatment) (2002)

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Outpatient Department Summary

Number of emergency department visits: 39.2 million (includes 1.4 million visits for adverse effects of medical treatment) (2002)

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Emergency Department Summary

Hospital inpatient care

Number of discharges (excludes adverse effects of medical treatment and complications of medical and surgical care): 1.8 million (2002)

Discharges per 10,000 population: 64.2 (2002)

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey

Mortality

All injury deaths

Number of deaths: 161,269 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 55.9 (2002)

All unintentional injury deaths

Number of deaths: 106,742 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 37.0 (2002)

All suicides

Number of deaths: 31,655 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.0 (2002)

All homicides

Number of deaths: 17,638 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.1 (2002)

All motor vehicle traffic deaths

Number of deaths: 44,065 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 15.3 (2002)

All firearm deaths

Number of deaths: 30,242 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.5 (2002)

All poisoning deaths

Number of deaths: 26,435 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 9.2 (2002)

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2002, table 18

More data

Deaths: Leading Causes for 2001

2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey

Injury-related visits to hospital emergency departments by sex, age, and intent and mechanism of injury: average annual 1995-96, 1998-99, and 2000-01 Health, United States,2003, table 83

Death rates for firearm-related injuries, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age: selected years 1970-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 47

Related Links

National Health Interview Survey

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Hospital Discharge Survey

Mortality data

ICD-10 Injury Mortality Framework Documents

International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission