Unintentional injury in the U.S.

Statistics report about unintentional injury in the United States

Unintentional injury in the U.S.

This report presents key facts and figures about unintentional injury in the United States. It contains chapters and provides figures on unintentional injury deaths, occupational injuries, traffic injuries, and spinal cord and brain injuries.

Table of contents

Deaths

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  • Basic Statistic Leading causes of death in the United States 2022
  • Premium Statistic Total number of unintentional-injury-related deaths in the U.S. 1930-2021
  • Premium Statistic Deaths by unintentional injuries in the U.S. 1950-2019
  • Premium Statistic Rate of unintentional-injury related deaths at home in U.S. 1930-2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of unintentional-injury-related deaths at home in the U.S. 1930-2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of unintentional-injury-related deaths by principal type in U.S. 2020-2021
  • Premium Statistic Rate of injury related deaths in the U.S. 2020 and 2021 by principal type

Occupational injuries

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  • Basic Statistic Most costly disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2023, by cause
  • Basic Statistic Nonfatal occupational injuries and illness incident rate in the U.S. 2003-2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of U.S. occupational injury deaths 1992-2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. occupational injury deaths 2003-2021, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. occupational injury deaths 2021, by age
  • Basic Statistic Occupations with high fatal work injury rates in the U.S. in 2019

Traffic injuries

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  • Basic Statistic Traffic-related injury rate per 100,000 population in the U.S. 2010-2019
  • Basic Statistic Number of U.S. road traffic-related injuries and fatalities 1990-2020
  • Premium Statistic Deaths by motor vehicle-related injuries in the U.S. 1950-2019
  • Premium Statistic Injury rate per 100,000 drivers licensed in the U.S. 1990-2020
  • Premium Statistic U.S. passenger cars - number of injury crashes 1995-2019
  • Premium Statistic U.S.: number of motorcycle injury crashes 2010-2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S.: number of light truck injury crashes 1995-2020
  • Basic Statistic U.S.: number of large truck injury crashes 2001-2020
  • Premium Statistic Deaths from motor vehicles in California 2014-2022

Spinal cord/brain injuries

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  • Basic Statistic Facts on spinal cord injuries in the U.S. 2023
  • Basic Statistic Causes of spinal cord injuries in the U.S. 2015-2023
  • Basic Statistic Life expectancy for post-24 hour spinal cord injury survivors 2023
  • Basic Statistic Life expectancy for post-one year spinal cord injury survivors 2023
  • Basic Statistic Number of TBI-related deaths in the U.S. from 2000 to 2022
  • Basic Statistic TBI-related death rate in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017
  • Basic Statistic TBI-related deaths in the U.S. from 2015 to 2017, by injury mechanism
  • Premium Statistic Death rates for traumatic brain injury in the United States 2016-2018, by state
  • Basic Statistic Unintentional traumatic brain injury U.S. death rate 2016-18, by mechanism
  • Premium Statistic Unintentional traumatic brain injury U.S. death rate 2016-18, by region and mechanism
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children ever diagnosed with brain injury in 2020, by age

Costs

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  • Premium Statistic Economic costs of preventable injuries in the U.S. in 2021, by sector
  • Basic Statistic Direct costs of 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2023
  • Basic Statistic Average lifetime costs of having spinal cord injuries in the U.S. 2022

Miscellaneous

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  • Basic Statistic Number of deaths from natural heat or cold, by month U.S. 2021
  • Basic Statistic Injuries and fatalities caused by extreme heat in the U.S. 1995-2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of deaths due to fire and smoke in U.S. 1920-2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of deaths from fire, flames, or smoke in the U.S. in 2021, by month
  • Basic Statistic Number of deaths from drowning in the U.S. in 2021, by month
  • Basic Statistic U.S. rates of fatal unintentional drowning among younger people, 1999-2019, by age

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