Jan 18, 2018

Sex, Age and Cause

This chart provides the preventable injury-related death totals by sex for 2019, as well as the breakdown of fatalities by leading causes...
Jan 9, 2018

Societal Costs – Data Details

The total economic cost of fatal and nonfatal preventable injury-related incidents in 2019 was $1,097.9 billion. This includes employer’s...
Jan 9, 2018

Paid by Employers and Government – Data Details

These charts and tables provide estimates of comprehensive, preventable injury-related costs paid by employers and government, broken down...
Jan 9, 2018

Deaths by Age and Cause – Data Details

The graph below depicts U.S. deaths and death rates per 100,000 population for the six leading causes of unintentional injury-related...
Jan 9, 2018

Odds of Dying – Data Details

The odds given in the data tree and corresponding table are statistical averages over the whole U.S. population and do not necessarily...
Jan 9, 2018

Minute by Minute – Data Details

A preventable-injury-related death occurs every 3 minutes in the United States. On average, this means there are 20 deaths and 5,510...
Dec 6, 2017

Glossary

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Nov 21, 2017

About

ABOUT INJURY FACTS American patriot Patrick Henry said he knew of no way to judge the future but by the past. As we look to the future...
Nov 20, 2017

Age and Cause

Leading Causes of Preventable Death by Age The average number of preventable deaths in 2019 across all ages was 1,723. However, this...
Oct 31, 2017

Overview

Since its founding in 1913, the National Safety Council (NSC) has collected, analyzed, and reported preventable injury and...