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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
Emergency departments visits
- Number of emergency department visits for injuries: 43.5 million (includes visits for injury, poisoning, adverse effects of medical treatment)
Mortality
All injury deaths
- Number of deaths: 271,729
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 79.9
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
All poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 83,847
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 24.7
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
- Number of deaths: 41,241
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.1
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
All firearm deaths
- Number of deaths: 44,447
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.1
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
Drug overdose/drug poisoning deaths
- Number of deaths: 79,384
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 23.3
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
- Number of drug overdose deaths involving any opioid: 54,045
- Drug overdose deaths involving any opioid per 100,000 population: 15.9
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
- Number of drug overdose deaths involving psychostimulants with abuse potential (including methamphetamine): 28,722
- Drug overdose deaths involving psychostimulants with abuse potential (including methamphetamine) per 100,000 population: 8.4
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
- Number of drug overdose deaths involving heroin: 2,743
- Drug overdose deaths involving heroin per 100,000 population: 0.8
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
Related FastStats
More data: reports and tables
- NCHS Data Query System: Suicides
- NCHS Data Query System: Hospital emergency department visits by primary diagnosis: Injury and poisoning
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2024 [PDF – 2 MB]
- Changes in Suicide Rates in the United States From 2023 to 2024
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2023–2024
- Unintentional Fall Deaths in Adults Age 65 and Older: United States, 2023
- Changes in Suicide Rates in the United States From 2022 to 2023
- Trends in Pedestrian and Pedal Cyclist Injury Deaths: United States, 2013-2023
- Trends in Death Rates for Leading Methods of Injury: United States, 2003–2023
- Emergency Department Visit Rates for Motor Vehicle Crashes by Selected Characteristics in the United States, 2019–2020
More data: query tools
- CDC WONDER – Multiple Cause of Death Data
- CDC WONDER – Underlying Cause of Death
- NCHS Mortality Dashboard
- NCHS Data Query System
- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
- NCHS Data Visualization on County-level Drug Overdose Mortality in the United States, 2003-2021
- NCHS Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts
- NCHS Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts for Specific Drugs
Related Links
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
- National Vital Statistics System: Mortality Statistics
- NCHS Rapid Surveys System | Topics and Estimates
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- National Health Interview Survey
- National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
- Injury Definitions and Methods [PDF – 2.5 MB]
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health