The national bill for injuries and violence totaled $671 billion in 2013, according to the CDC. Men accounted for significantly more of these costs, at 78 percent, and drug poisonings accounted for the largest portion of fatal injury costs.
"Injuries cost Americans far too much money, suffering, and preventable death," CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, said in a statement. "The doubling of deaths by drug poisoning, including prescription drug overdose and heroin, is particularly alarming."
Here is a breakdown of the U.S. accident and injury bill, according to the CDC.
- $214 billion: Cost of fatal injuries in 2013.
- $457 billion: Cost of nonfatal injures in 2013.
- $166.7 billion: Cost of injury-related deaths accounted for by men.
- $287.5 billion: Cost of nonfatal injury costs accounted for by men.
- $50.8 billion: Cost of male suicide.
- $26.4 billion: Cost of male homicide.
- $289.7 billion: Cost of hospitalized injuries.
- $167.1 billion: Cost of injuries treated and released in hospitals and emergency departments.
Falls and transportation-related injuries together accounted for 58 percent of non-fatal injuries treated in the ED, according to the report.
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