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national safety council
Injury Facts®
2017 edition
All InjurIes
OccupAtIOnAl
MOtOr vehIcle
hOMe And cOMMunIty
stAte dAtA
InternAtIOnAl
The National Safety Council, chartered by an act of Congress, is
a nongovernmental, not-for-profit, public service organization.
The mission of the National Safety Council is to eliminate
preventable deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on
the road through leadership, research, education and advocacy.
Injury Facts®, the Council’s annual statistical report on
unintentional injuries and their characteristics and costs, was
prepared by:
Research and Safety Management Solutions Group:
Kenneth P. Kolosh, Manager, Statistics Department
Kevin T. Fearn, Sr. Statistical Associate
Kathleen T. Porretta, Technical Editor
Questions or comments about the content of Injury Facts should
national safety council Injury Facts® 2017 ed
The National Safety Council, chartered by an act
Foreword ........................................
Foreword All unintentional-injury deaths are
All Injuries While you speak! — pg. 5
INJURY FACTS® 2017
All injuries All Unintentional Injuries, 2015 U
All injuries All Injury-Related Deaths, 2015
All injuries All Injury-Related Deaths, 2015 (con
While you make a 10-minute safety speech, three p
All injuries Leading Causes of Total Unintentiona
From age 25 to 64 poisoning is the leading cause
All injuries Costs of Unintentional Injuries by C
The two tables below provide estimates of the uni
All injuries Costs of Unintentional Injuries by C
Costs of unintentional injuries by component, 201
All injuries Deaths Due to Unintentional Injuries
All injuries Deaths Due to Unintentional Injuries
All injuries Leading Causes of Death Unintentio
All injuries Leading Causes of Death (cont.) De
All injuries Leading Causes of Death (cont.) De
The rank of unintentional injuries as a cause of
All injuries Trends in Unintentional Death by
25 to 64 The overall death rate for the 25 to 64
All injuries Leading Causes of Unintentional-Inju
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Death R
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Death R
All injuries All Deaths Due to Injury Mortality
All injuries All Deaths Due to Injury (cont.) M
All injuries Death by Age, Sex, and Type Uninte
All injuries Death by Age, Sex, and Type (cont.)
All injuries The National Health Interview Survey
All injuries The National Health Interview Survey
All injuries The National Health Interview Survey
A body of evidence has accumulated po
All injuries Leading Causes of Fatal Unintentiona
Falls are the leading cause of nonfatal unintenti
All injuries Disaster Deaths, 2015 Disasters ar
Injuries may be divided into three broad groups –
All injuries Intentional Injuries by Age and Sex
The graph below shows the trends from 1992 to 201
All injuries Children and Adolescents n Motor-ve
n Injury mortality and fall-related mortality rat
All injuries The Odds of Dying From… Fear is a
All injuries The Odds of Dying From… (cont.) Od
All injuries The Odds of Dying From… (cont.) Od
All injuries The Odds of Dying From… (cont.) Lif
All injuries Trends in Unintentional-Injury-Relat
All injuries Trends in Unintentional-Injury-Relat
All injuries Principal Classes of Unintentional-I
All injuries Principal Classes of Unintentional-I
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Death R
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Death R
All injuries Principal Types of Unintentional-Inj
All injuries Principal Types of Unintentional-Inj
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Death
All injuries Unintentional-Injury-Related Death R
Occupational Costs — pg. 62 NEW! Tra
INJURY FACTS® 2017
occupational Work, 2015 All Census of Fatal Occu
occupational Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
occupational Work, 2015 (cont.) Unintentional-w
occupational Work, 2015 (cont.) Occupational in
occupational Work Injury Costs The true cost to
occupational Worker Deaths and Injuries On and Of
occupational Workers’ Compensation Cases Accord
Transportation-related events represent 41% of oc
occupational Workers’ Compensation Claims Costs,
occupational Workers’ Compensation Claims Costs,
occupational Forklifts Beginning with 2011 data
Following highway crashes, falls to a lower level
occupational Fall to Lower Level “Fall to lower
“Fall on same level” applies to instances in whic
occupational Fatigue It is well understood that
occupational Occupational Health n More than 28,
occupational Nature of Injury According to the
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the
occupational Benchmarking Incidence Rates Safet
occupational Benchmarking Flow Chart Step 1
occupational Trends in Occupational Incidence Rat
The tables below and on pages 80-82 present the r
occupational Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
occupational Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
occupational Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
occupational Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
occupational Causes of Work-Related Deaths and In
The tables on pages 86-101 present data on the ch
occupational Private Sector/All Industries The
The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting in
occupational Mining The Mining industry sector
The Construction industry sector includes es
occupational Manufacturing The Manufacturing
occupational Wholesale Trade Establishments in
occupational Retail Trade Establishments in Ret
This industry sector includes transportation of c
occupational Utilities The Utilities sector inc
The Information sector includes establishments th
occupational Financial Activities Financial Act
The Professional and Business Services sector inc
occupational Educational and Health Services Ed
The Leisure sector includes establishments that p
occupational Other Services The Other Services
occupational Government Government includes pub
Motor Vehicle Costs — pg. 109 Alcoho
INJURY FACTS® 2017
motor vehicle Motor Vehicle, 2015 Between 1912
motor vehicle Motor Vehicle, 2015 (cont.) Trave
motor vehicle Deaths Due to Motor-Vehicle Crashes
motor vehicle Deaths Due to Motor-Vehicle Crashes
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Safety Issues Motor
The National Safety Council cost estimate procedu
motor vehicle State Laws No state has passed a
Seat belt reached a record-high 90.1% overall in
motor vehicle Occupant Protection Safety belts
motor vehicle Occupant Protection (cont.) Child
motor vehicle Alcohol According to the Na
motor vehicle Alcohol (cont.) 15-year estimated
motor vehicle Type of Motor-Vehicle Crash Altho
motor vehicle Speeding Speeding is one of the m
motor vehicle Distracted Driving Distracted dri
Assistive or advanced safety technologies li
motor vehicle Improper Driving In most motor-ve
Although motorcycles make up 3% of all registered
motor vehicle School Bus Transportation School
In 2015, an estimated 6,700 pedestrian deaths and
motor vehicle Young Drivers According to the la
All-terrain vehicles (ATV)s are off-road recreatio
motor vehicle Age of Driver The table below sho
motor vehicle Impact of Recession Periods on Moto
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Crashes by Time of Da
motor vehicle Deaths and Mileage Death Rates by M
motor vehicle Work Zone Deaths and Injuries In
The National Safety Council (NSC) and the Nationa
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Deaths and Rates Mo
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Deaths and Rates (con
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Deaths by Type of Inc
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Deaths by Type of Inc
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Deaths by Age Motor
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Deaths by Age (cont.)
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Death Rates by Age
motor vehicle Motor-Vehicle Death Rates by Age (c
Home and Community Weather — pg. 152
INJURY FACTS® 2017
Home and community Home and Community, 2015 The
Home and community Home and Community, 2015 (cont
Home and community Home, 2015 Between 1912 and
Home and community Home, 2015 (cont.) Principal
Home and community Deaths Due to Unintentional Ho
Home and community Deaths Due to Unintentional Ho
Home and community Public, 2015 Between 1912 an
Home and community Public, 2015 (cont.) Princip
Home and community Deaths Due to Unintentional Pu
Home and community Deaths Due to Unintentional Pu
Home and community Weather n Weather-related dea
A recent study found that an average of 214,883 p
Home and community Sports and Recreational Injuri
Home and community Injuries Associated with Consu
Home and community Transportation Mode Comparison
Home and community Transportation Mode Comparison
Home and community Aviation The total number of
Railroad deaths totaled 771 in 2015, nearly
Home and community Unintentional Fatal Poisonings
Home and community Unintentional Fatal Poisonings
Home and community Fatal Versus Nonfatal Unintent
Home and community Older Adult Falls The impact
Home and community Fires The National Fire Prot
Home and community Pedalcycles The estimated nu
Home and community Risks by Age Group The leadi
Home and community Risks by Age Group (cont.) L
Home and community Firearms n Unintentional firea
Home and community Home and Community, 1987-2015
State Data Deaths by state — pgs. 175
INJURY FACTS® 2017
state data State Data n Poisonings are the leadi
state data State Data (cont.) Unintentional-inj
state data Unintentional-Injury-Related Death Rat
state data Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths by
state data Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths by
state data Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths by
state data Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths
state data Unintentional-Injury-Related Deaths by
state data Unintentional-Injury Trends by State
In general, states with the largest number of peo
state data Nonfatal Occupational Incidence Rates
state data Nonfatal Occupational Incidence Rates
state data Motor-Vehicle Deaths by State Motor-
state data Motor-Vehicle Deaths by State (cont.)
International Data Deaths and death r
INJURY FACTS® 2017
international I
The term “Accidents and Adverse Effects” used in t
international International Motor-Vehicle Injury-
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
international International Fall Injury-Related D
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
international Occupational Deaths Counts and ra
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estim
international Occupational Injuries Counts and
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estim
Technical Appendix Other Sources Glossary
INJURY FACTS® 2017
Technical appendix
The table on page 203 shows the ICD-10 cause-co
Technical appendix
Employment. The employment estimates for 1992 to
Technical appendix
Technical appendix OTher SOurceS | GlOSSary | ind
Technical appendix
A Accommodation ................................
Technical appendix
Motor vehicle ........ 2-9, 12, 14-21, 24, 26, 27
Technical appendix
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