“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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