In 2022, there were over 43 million hospital emergency department visits related to injury, poisoning, and adverse effects in the United States. Roughly a quarter of these were due to falls, and 11 percent were due to transportation.
Percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to injury, poisoning, and adverse effect in the United States in 2022, by mechanism
Source adds for drowning or submersion: "Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability. Visit estimates are not presented if they are based on fewer than 30 cases in the sample data"
*Different types of transportation injuries, adds to 'All transportation'.
**Includes bites and stings (venomous and nonvenomous), natural or environmental, and other.Â
***Includes child or adult abuse, foreign body, classifiable, and not elsewhere classifiable.
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CDC. (October 3, 2024). Percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to injury, poisoning, and adverse effect in the United States in 2022, by mechanism [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476727/share-of-injury-and-poisoning-ed-visits-in-the-us-by-mechanism/
CDC. "Percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to injury, poisoning, and adverse effect in the United States in 2022, by mechanism." Chart. October 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476727/share-of-injury-and-poisoning-ed-visits-in-the-us-by-mechanism/
CDC. (2024). Percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to injury, poisoning, and adverse effect in the United States in 2022, by mechanism. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476727/share-of-injury-and-poisoning-ed-visits-in-the-us-by-mechanism/
CDC. "Percentage of Emergency Department (Ed) Visits Related to Injury, Poisoning, and Adverse Effect in The United States in 2022, by Mechanism." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476727/share-of-injury-and-poisoning-ed-visits-in-the-us-by-mechanism/
CDC, Percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to injury, poisoning, and adverse effect in the United States in 2022, by mechanism Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476727/share-of-injury-and-poisoning-ed-visits-in-the-us-by-mechanism/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to injury, poisoning, and adverse effect in the United States in 2022, by mechanism [Graph], CDC, October 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476727/share-of-injury-and-poisoning-ed-visits-in-the-us-by-mechanism/
