Traumatic injuries by year
Overall | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Z | P | |
Total injuries (N) | 5 630 461 | 618 454 | 617 920 | 638 868 | 658 524 | 667 814 | 768 411 | 801 731 | 858 739 | 3.09 | .001** |
Mechanism (%) | |||||||||||
Burn | 1.57 | 1.81 | 1.79 | 1.77 | 1.61 | 1.40 | 1.42 | 1.50 | 1.36 | −2.59 | 0.009** |
Cut/pierce | 4.81 | 5.21 | 4.99 | 4.97 | 4.77 | 4.63 | 4.79 | 4.75 | 4.55 | −2.59 | 0.009** |
Cyclist | 2.19 | 2.59 | 2.52 | 2.55 | 2.43 | 2.48 | 1.48 | 1.46 | 2.31 | −2.35 | 0.01* |
Fall | 45.61 | 40.71 | 42.75 | 44.20 | 44.85 | 44.36 | 46.56 | 49.08 | 49.73 | 3.09 | 0.001** |
Firearm | 4.82 | 5.06 | 4.91 | 4.69 | 4.88 | 5.04 | 5.01 | 4.63 | 4.49 | −1.60 | 0.10 |
Machinery | 1.00 | 1.91 | 1.24 | 1.17 | 1.13 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.79 | −2.84 | 0.004* |
MVT motorcyclist | 5.04 | 6.00 | 5.50 | 5.51 | 5.41 | 4.77 | 4.73 | 4.57 | 4.31 | −3.09 | 0.001** |
MVT occupant | 19.28 | 21.13 | 20.55 | 19.66 | 19.75 | 19.15 | 18.75 | 18.45 | 17.74 | −3.09 | .0001** |
MVT other | 5.31 | 5.44 | 5.16 | 5.14 | 5.15 | 6.63 | 5.86 | 4.43 | 4.86 | −0.86 | 0.38 |
Other blunt trauma | 6.70 | 7.16 | 6.97 | 6.69 | 6.44 | 6.91 | 6.78 | 6.56 | 6.29 | −2.10 | .03* |
Pedestrian | 3.61 | 3.64 | 3.59 | 3.59 | 3.53 | 3.68 | 3.67 | 3.68 | 3.50 | 0.12 | 0.90 |
Intent (%) | |||||||||||
Assault | 10.43 | 11.66 | 11.21 | 10.67 | 10.55 | 10.62 | 10.41 | 9.82 | 9.23 | −3.09 | .001** |
Other | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.15 | −1.85 | 0.06 |
Self-inflicted | 1.48 | 1.79 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 1.71 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.53 | 1.44 | −3.09 | .001** |
Undetermined | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 1.85 | 0.06 |
Unintentional | 87.58 | 86.06 | 86.52 | 87.06 | 87.22 | 86.98 | 87.21 | 87.90 | 88.58 | 2.59 | .009* |
Injury type (%) | |||||||||||
Blunt | 88.10 | 87.90 | 88.29 | 88.56 | 88.74 | 88.92 | 88.76 | 89.09 | 89.57 | 3.09 | .001** |
Burn | 1.59 | 1.82 | 1.80 | 1.78 | 1.61 | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.51 | 1.37 | −2.59 | .009* |
Other/unspecified | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2.08 | .03* |
Penetrating | 9.68 | 10.28 | 9.91 | 9.67 | 9.65 | 9.67 | 9.80 | 9.39 | 9.05 | −2.24 | .02* |
Race and ethnicity (%) | |||||||||||
Asian | 1.84 | 1.74 | 1.76 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.79 | 1.84 | 1.89 | 1.90 | 1.85 | 0.06 |
Black | 14.32 | 14.36 | 14.23 | 14.05 | 14.45 | 14.62 | 14.43 | 14.22 | 14.24 | 0 | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9.94 | 8.73 | 8.74 | 9.32 | 9.61 | 10.68 | 10.46 | 10.58 | 10.78 | 2.84 | .004* |
Multiracial | 2.69 | 2.73 | 2.67 | 2.56 | 2.45 | 2.69 | 2.69 | 2.77 | 2.86 | 1.24 | 0.21 |
Native American | 0.83 | 0.72 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0 | 1 |
Pacific Islander | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 2.18 | .02* |
White | 70.17 | 71.54 | 71.53 | 71.15 | 70.63 | 69.14 | 69.49 | 69.46 | 69.18 | −2.59 | .009* |
Age group (%) | |||||||||||
18–24 | 11.97 | 14.78 | 13.76 | 13.02 | 12.56 | 12.30 | 11.13 | 10.11 | 9.68 | −3.34 | .0008** |
25–44 | 26.09 | 27.84 | 27.15 | 26.62 | 26.36 | 26.25 | 25.81 | 24.96 | 24.66 | −3.34 | .0008** |
45–64 | 27.58 | 28.55 | 28.54 | 28.42 | 28.02 | 27.46 | 27.18 | 26.75 | 26.50 | −3.34 | .0008** |
65+ | 34.34 | 28.83 | 30.55 | 31.94 | 33.06 | 33.99 | 35.89 | 38.18 | 39.16 | 3.34 | .0008** |
Female (%) | 38.82 | 37.06 | 37.92 | 38.13 | 38.40 | 38.94 | 39.33 | 40.42 | 40.36 | 3.09 | .001* |
Z, two-sided Mann-Kendall trend test statistic; P, Mann-Kendall test p-value; boldface values indicate statistically significant Mann-Kendall tests, *p<0.05, **p<0.001.
MVT, motor vehicle transport.