MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepMMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. RepWRMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report0149-21951545-861XCenters for Disease Control and Prevention299756766048975mm6726a610.15585/mmwr.mm6726a6Quick StatsQuickStats: Percentage of Injury Deaths* That Occurred in the Decedent’s Home for the Five Most Common Causes† of Injury Death§ — United States, 2016Reported by: Holly Hedegaard, MD, HHedegaard@cdc.gov, 301-458-4460.067201806720186726750750All material in the MMWR Series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.

In 2016, 31% of deaths from all causes of injury occurred in the person’s home. The percentage varied by the cause of injury. More than half of the deaths attributable to poisoning (52%) occurred in the home. Approximately 44% of deaths from firearms and suffocation occurred in the home.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality File. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm.

For more information on this topic, CDC recommends the following link: https://www.cdc.gov/injury.

Includes deaths from all intents (i.e., unintentional injuries, suicides, homicides, deaths of undetermined intent, and deaths attributed to legal intervention).

Poisoning includes both drug overdoses and nondrug intoxications (e.g., poisonings due to toxic substances or gases such as carbon monoxide). Suffocation includes hanging, asphyxiation, smothering, and other mechanical and nonmechanical threats to oxygenation (e.g., trapped in low oxygen environment). Causes are mutually exclusive.

Total number of deaths by cause of injury: all injury (231,991), poisoning (68,995), firearm (38,658), suffocation (18,924), fall (35,862), and motor vehicle traffic (38,748). Place of death was unknown for 112 deaths.