WISQARS Leading Causes of Nonfatal Injury

Leading Causes of Nonfatal Injury

WISQARS - Data Filters
Data Years:2020Number of Causes:Top 10Intent of Injury:All InjuriesSex:Both SexesDisposition:All CasesAge:1-14 in 5-year groups; 15-65+ in 10-year groups

10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Emergency Department Visits, United States

2020, All Injuries,  Disposition: All Cases, Both Sexes, All Races, All Ages

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10 Leading Causes of Nonfatal Injury for ages

All Injuries, 2020, Both Sexes, All Cases, All Races

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WISQARS Leading Cause of Nonfatal Injury Help

Notation: -- indicates suppressed value; (nonfatal injury counts based on <20 unweighted count, <1,200 weighted count, or coefficient of variation of the estimate >30%)

Reports for All Ages include those of unknown age.
Standard Population is 2000, all races, both sexes.
Population estimates are aggregated for multi-year reports to produce rates.
Stability calculations are not done on 'All Other' category, which includes any categories not shown.
Advanced Statistics are available in the table view.

The 'Other Assault' category includes all assaults that are not classified as sexual assault. It represents the majority of assaults.

Data source:

  • National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program for WISQARS Nonfatal data, an estimated number of hospital visits for injury care that start in an emergency department based on a U.S. nationally representative probability sample of hospitals.
Produced by: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.