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Consequently, the CDC mortality data shows a slightly higher number of homicides annually compared to the FBI data." [3] [4] The agency quotes below make more sense in light of this. The CDC reports all homicides, and does not indicate whether it was justified or self-defense. To a coroner a homicide is a homicide, regardless of the reason.
Fatality Narratives are one-page descriptions of recent fatal incidents. FACE Fatal Facts are bulletins that have been developed to address specific workplace hazards. Work-related injuries in the United States claim the lives of more than 5,000 individuals annually. [4] Men are most frequently on-the-job fatality victims.
A 1985 National Research Council report entitled Injury in America [2] recommended that United States Congress establish a new program at the CDC to address the problem of injury. Initially the program was supported with funds from the United States Department of Transportation. In 1990 Congress passed the Injury Control Act which authorized ...
The National Agricultural Safety Database contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles and reports about agricultural health and safety. The Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program publishes occupational fatality data that are used to publish fatality reports by specific sectors of industry and types of fatal ...
Gun death rates per 100,000 people Location Gun suicide rate Suicide rate Gun homicide rate Homicide rate % gun at home United States 7.9: 14.5: 6.3: 7.8 [a] Wyoming 23.7: 32.8
As heroin use rose, so did overdose deaths. The statistics are overwhelming. In a study released this past fall examining 28 states, the CDC found that heroin deaths doubled between 2010 and 2012. The CDC reported recently that heroin-related overdose deaths jumped 39 percent nationwide between 2012 and 2013, surging to 8,257.
The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, or the CFOI Program is a Federal/State cooperative program that publishes data on fatal cases of work-related injuries for all States, Territories, and New York City. The CFOI has detailed information on those who died at work due to a traumatic injury.
Injuries and violence are "the leading causes of death among children, adolescents, and young adults in the US" with underlying risk factors for such including "detrimental community, family, or individual circumstances" that increase the likelihood of violence.