Number of people treated in hospitals or killed annually due to legal police intervention by mechanism of injury, USA
| Mechanism | ED | ED, also tasered* | Admitted | Fatal | Total | % admitted | % fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firearm | 1051 | 8 | 605 | 1014 | 2670 | 22.7 | 38.0 |
| Explosives | 32 | 5 | 37 | 13.7 | 0 | ||
| Gas | 527 | 5 | 5 | 532 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Blows | 39 556 | 1575 | 41 131 | 3.8 | 0 | ||
| Blunt object | 2160 | 27 | 125 | 1 | 2286 | 5.5 | 0.04 |
| Sharp object | 1488 | 17 | 20 | 1508 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Taser | 1639 | 65 | 48 | 1752 | 3.7 | 2.8 | |
| Unspecified | 5115 | 245 | 5360 | 4.6 | 0 | ||
| Late effect | 100 | 20 | 120 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 668 | 67 | 2665 | 1063 | 55 396 | 4.8 | 1.9 |
Source: Adjusted 2015 fatality count from The Guardian, injury counts from 2012 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
*Cases in this column also are counted in the ED column.