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Diseases » Injury » Deaths

Deaths from Injury

Deaths from Injury: 147,891 deaths due to injury (IOM)

Deaths from types of Injury: for details see deaths from types of Injury analysis; summary of available deaths by type data:

Accidental injury: 101,537 deaths in USA 2001 (CDC); 97,860 deaths (NVSR Sep 2001)
Homicide: 16,889 annual deaths in 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Injury: 147,891 per year, 12,324 per month, 2,844 per week, 405 per day, 16 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this automatic extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 147,891 deaths due to injury (IOM)

Death statistics for Injury: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Injury:

35.7 per 100,000 people died from unintentional injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
42.6 per 100,000 with 12,791 cases of "injury mortality" in Canada 1997¹
39 people per 100,000 population die from injury and poisoning in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Injury and poisoning caused 57 male deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
Injury and poisoning caused 23 female deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
59 male deaths per 100,000 population for injury and poisoning in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
21 female deaths per 100,000 population for injury and poisoning in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
1.8 per 100,000 males died from accidental drowning and submersion in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.5 per 100,000 females died from accidental drowning and submersion in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
7 per 100,000 males died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
2.9 per 100,000 females died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.5 per 100,000 males died from accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.9 per 100,000 females died from accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.l5 per 100,000 males died from accidental discharge of firearms in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.1 per 100,000 females died from accidental discharge of firearms in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
7.2 per 100,000 males died from fall Injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
3.9 per 100,000 females died from fall Injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
6.6 per 100,000 males died from homicide using firearms in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.3 per 100,000 females died from homicide using firearms in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
11 per 100,000 males died from suicide using firearms in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.4 per 100,000 females died from suicide using firearms in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
7.8 per 100,000 people died from poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
Per 100,000 people died from homicidal poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.8 per 100,000 people died from suicidal poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
4 per 100,000 people died from unintentional suffocation in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
2.2 per 100,000 people died from suicidal suffocation in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.2 per 100,000 people died from homicidal suffocation in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
14.9 per 100,000 people died from a motor vehicle traffic injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
6.8 per 100,000 vehicle occupants died in a traffic motor vehicle accident from in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1 per 100,000 motorcyclists died from injury in traffic motor vehicle accident in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.2 per 100,000 cyclists died from injury in traffic motor vehicle accident in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.7 per 100,000 pedestrians died from injuries in motor vehicle accident in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
17.5 per 100,000 people died from transport injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
16.4 per 100,000 people died from unintentional transport injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.0 per 100,000 people died from a suicidal transport injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.1 per 100,000 people died from homicidal transport injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.2 per 100,000 people died from machinery injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.2 per 100,000 people died from unintentional fire/flame injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.3 per 100,000 people died from fire or hot object/substance injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.2 per 100,000 people died from unintentional fire or hot object/substance injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.1 per 100,000 people died from suicidal fire or hot object/substance injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.1 per 100,000 people died from homicidal fire or hot object/substance injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
5.5 per 100,000 people died from a fall injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
5.3 per 100,000 people died from an unintentional fall injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.2 per 100,000 people died from a suicidal fall injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.2 per 100,000 people died from unintentional drowning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.9 per 100,000 people died from a cutting or piercing injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0 per 100,000 people died from unintentional cutting or piercing injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.2 per 100,000 people died from suicidal cutting or piercing injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.7 per 100,000 people died from homicidal cutting or piercing injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.1 per 100,000 people died from injury during legal intervention or wars in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
0.5 per 100,000 people died from natural or environmental injuries in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)