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. 2016 Feb 12;12(2):96–106. doi: 10.1177/1559827616629924

Table 1.

Unintentional Injury Deaths, by Location and Cause, National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2013.

Cause of Death All Locations In the Home Percentage of Unintentional Home Injury Deaths Crude Rate (per 100 000)
Poisoning 38 851 24 436 50.2% 7.7
Fall 30 208 17 117 35.1% 5.4
Fire/burn 2818 2403 4.9% 0.8
Choking/Suffocation 6601 2025 4.2% 0.6
Drowning/Submersion 3391 844 1.7% 0.3
Natural/Environmental 1535 489 1.0% 0.2
Unspecified 5407 321 0.7% 0.1
Firearm 505 301 0.6% 0.1
Struck by/against 823 290 0.6% 0.1
Other specified 1325 248 0.5% 0.1
Machinery 588 132 0.3% 0.0
Cut/Pierce 134 89 0.2% 0.0
Not elsewhere classified 1174 17 0.0% 0.0
Overexertion 13 4 0.0% 0.0
Total 93 373 48 716 100.0%