Unintentional injury death rates in rural and urban areas: United States, 1999-2017

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• Personal Author:
  Olaisen, R. Henry ; Rossen, Lauren M. ; Warner, Margaret ; Anderson, Robert N.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Data from the National Vital Statistics System ; From 1999 through 2017, the age-adjusted unintentional injury death rate increased 40% from 35.3 deaths per 100,000 standard population to 49.4. ; Motor vehicle traffic death rates increased across all levels of urbanization between 2014 and 2017, with the largest increase in small metropolitan (metro) counties. ; Unintentional drug overdose death rates increased across all levels of urbanization between 2014 and 2017, with the largest increase in large fringe metro counties. ; Unintentional fall death rates increased across urbanization levels except for large central metro counties between 2014 and 2017, with the largest increase in rural counties. ; Unintentional injury is a leading cause of death in the United States (1). Higher death rates for unintentional injury have been reported in rural areas compared with urban areas (2-4). This report describes trends in the death rates for unintentional injuries and three leading causes of deaths due to unintentional injuries (motor vehicle traffic, drug overdose, and falls) from 1999 through 2017. Given an observed increase in overall unintentional injury rates starting in 2014 (5), differences in death rates are described by urbanization level (rural, small metropolitan metro, large fringe metro, and large central metro) for the leading causes of unintentional injury deaths for 2014 and 2017. ; Suggested citation: Olaisen RH, Rossen LM, Warner M, Anderson RN. Unintentional injury death rates in rural and urban areas: United States, 1999-2017. NCHS Data Brief, no 343. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019. ; CS306909
• Subjects:
  • Accidents
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Hospitals
  • Rural Health
  • Rural Population
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Urban Health
  • Rurban Population
  • Wounds and Injuries
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  343
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79883/cdc_79883_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 571.86 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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