NCHS - Injury Mortality: United States

This dataset describes injury mortality in the United States beginning in 1999. Two concepts are included in the circumstances of an injury death: intent of injury and mechanism of injury. Intent of injury describes whether the injury was inflicted purposefully (intentional injury) and, if purposeful, whether the injury was self-inflicted (suicide or self-harm) or inflicted by another person (homicide). Injuries that were not purposefully inflicted are considered unintentional (accidental) injuries. Mechanism of injury describes the source of the energy transfer that resulted in physical or physiological harm to the body.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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issued 2018-03-07
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license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2022-03-31
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temporal 1999/2016
theme {NCHS}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
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  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • injury
  • mortality
  • national
  • nchs
  • north-america
  • united-states
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metadata_created 2025-11-22T12:32:03.402195
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notes This dataset describes injury mortality in the United States beginning in 1999. Two concepts are included in the circumstances of an injury death: intent of injury and mechanism of injury. Intent of injury describes whether the injury was inflicted purposefully (intentional injury) and, if purposeful, whether the injury was self-inflicted (suicide or self-harm) or inflicted by another person (homicide). Injuries that were not purposefully inflicted are considered unintentional (accidental) injuries. Mechanism of injury describes the source of the energy transfer that resulted in physical or physiological harm to the body.
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title NCHS - Injury Mortality: United States