Accidents/Unintentional (Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses) Health care use Number of visits to office-based physicians: 58.7 million (2002) Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Summary Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 5.6 million (2002) Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Outpatient Department Summary Number of emergency department visits: 26.6 million (2002) Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Emergency Department Summary Mortality All unintentional injury deaths Number of deaths: 106,742 (2002) Deaths per 100,000 population: 37.0 (2002) Cause of death rank: 5 (2002) Unintentional fall deaths Number of deaths: 16,257 (2002) Deaths per 100,000 population: 5.6 (2002) Unintentional poisoning deaths Number of deaths: 17,550 (2002) Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.1 (2002) Motor vehicle traffic deaths Number of deaths: 44,065 (2002) Deaths per 100,000 population: 15.3 (2002) Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2002, table 18 More data Deaths: Leading Causes for 2001 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 motor vehicle-related injuries, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age: selected years 1950-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 44 Related Links National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 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 Injury Control Resource Information Network
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