This chart provides the preventable injury-related death death totals by sex for 2016, as well as the breakdown of fatalities by leading causes of death.
Overall, males accounted for 63% of the 161,374 preventable injury-related deaths in 2016. The largest differences in the proportion of fatalities were:
- struck by or against(89% male)
- drowning (77% male)
- motor vehicle deaths (71% male)
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Preventable-injury-related deaths by sex and Cause, United States, 2016
| Leading Causes | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Poisoning | 39,810 | 18,525 |
| Motor vehicle | 28,642 | 11,685 |
| Falls | 17,370 | 17,303 |
| Other causes | 8,207 | 4,727 |
| Drowning (a) | 2,931 | 855 |
| Choking (b) | 2,644 | 2,185 |
| Fire flames smoke | 1,602 | 1,128 |
| Mechanical suffocation | 1,151 | 630 |
| Natural heat or cold | 800 | 389 |
| Struck by or against | 707 | 83 |
(a) Excludes water transport drownings.
(b) Inhalation or ingestion of food or other objects.
Source: National Safety Council analysis of National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) – Mortality Data for 2016, as compiled from data provided by 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Staistics Cooperative Program.