The number of deaths in the home increased 0.5% in 2022, while the death rate remained at 38.6 per 100,000 population. The rate of preventable injury-related deaths occurring in or around the home has increased 253% since 1999. This rapid increase has erased the progress made over many decades. Between 1928 and 1990, the death rate decreased 65%, from 25 per 100,000 population in 1928 to 8.6 in 1990. In the last 10 years, the death rate has increased 86% while the number of deaths increased 96%. This increase in deaths is largely driven by increases in unintentional poisonings and falls.
Preventable Injuries and Injury-Related Deaths
in the Home, 2022
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The injury total of 36,100,000 means that one person in nine in the United States experienced a medically consulted injury. The number of medically consulted injuries occurring in the home is greater than the total number of medically consulted injuries that occur in public places, the workplace, and motor-vehicle crashes combined.
Over half of the deaths occurring in the home are poisonings, totaling 80,400 deaths in 2022. The second leading cause was falls, resulting in 31,400 deaths, or nearly a quarter of all home deaths. No other cause accounted for more than 3% of the home deaths.
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Source: National Safety Council (NSC) estimates based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and state vital statistics departments.