FACTS & FIGURES: Death and mortality statistics for Accidental injury

Death statistics for accidental injury.

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Accidental injury:
**35.7 per 100,000 people died from unintentional injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
**63,817 male deaths in the USA 2000 (American Heart Association, 2002)
**Caused 4% of all deaths in Australia 1988 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002)
**Caused 4,820 deaths in Australia in 1988 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002)
**Caused 3,168 male deaths in Australia in 1988 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002)
**Caused 1,652 female deaths in Australia in 1988 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002)
**3.8% of all deaths in Australia in 1988 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002) **22.5 per 100,000 women died from unintention injury/accidents in USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003)
**30.7 per 100,000 Hispanic/Latino people died from unintention injury/accidents in USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003)
**35.7 per 100,000 men died from unintention injury/accidents in USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003)
**35.7 per 100,000 people died from unintention injury/accidents in USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003)
**36.0 per 100,000 white people died from unintention injury/accidents in USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003)
**51.3 per 100,000 American Indian or Alaska Native people died from unintention injury/accidents in USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003)
**8.1 per 100,000 Asian/Pacific Islander people died from unintention injury/accidents in USA 2001 (NCHS, 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)

Death statistics for accidents by age in the USA:
**accidents caused 4.1% of deaths for any age in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 3.0% of deaths less than 1 year old in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 8.1% of deaths for non-neonate infants in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 36.2% of deaths for age 1-4 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 42.0% of deaths for age 5-9 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 39.6% of deaths for age 10-14 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 48.5% of deaths for age 15-19 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 41.3% of deaths for age 20-24 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 29.0% of deaths for age 25-34 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 17.1% of deaths for age 35-44 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 7.6% of deaths for age 45-54 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 3.0% of deaths for age 55-64 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 1.8% of deaths for age 65 and over years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 1.8% of deaths for age 65-74 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 1.8% of deaths for age 75-84 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**accidents caused 1.8% of deaths for age 85 and over in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
**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)
**4 per 100,000 people died from unintentional 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)
**0.3 per 100,000 people died from unintentional firearm injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
**0.1 per 100,000 people died from a firearm injury during war or legal intervention 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)
**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)
**0.5 per 100,000 people died from natural or environmental injuries in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)

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