Self-Reported Injuries

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V.A.0

Lead Author(s):

Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD, FACS

Arvind D Nana, MD

Gudrun Mirick, MD

Anna N Miller, MD, FACS

Supporting Author(s):

Sylvia I Watkins-Castillo, PhD

On average 2013-2015, 8.83 million persons reported seeking medical care for an injury during the prior three months, a number that extrapolates to 35.3 million per year (Reference Table 5A.1.1 PDF CSV), a number slightly higher than reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for nonfatal unintentional injuries. Even so, the number of self-reported annual injuries is much lower than the number of healthcare visits to physicians, emergency departments, outpatient clinics, and hospitals reported during the course of a year (Reference Table 5B.2.1 PDF CSV), suggesting that self-reported injuries are under reported.

The proportion of self-reported total injuries that were musculoskeletal was similar to that reported by the national healthcare databases for injury-related healthcare visits, 80% and 87% respectively. (Reference Table 5A.1.1 PDF CSV; Table 5B.2.1 PDF CSV)

Self-reported injuries are reported by male and female individuals in the same proportion they are found in the population. Using age as the comparison variable, older people report more injuries than younger. Among racial/ethnic groups, non-Hispanic whites report more injuries while non-Hispanic others report fewer. Using the four geographic regions of the US, injuries are reported higher in the Midwest region. (Reference Table 5A.1.1 PDF CSV; Table 5A.1.2 PDF CSV; Table 5A.1.3 PDF CSV; Table 5A.1.4 PDF CSV)

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Table 5A.1.1: Number and Cause of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Sex, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.1.2: Number and Cause of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Age, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.1.3: Number and Cause of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.1.4: Number and Cause of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Region, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.2.1: Where Injury Occurred and Activity at Time of Injury for Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Sex, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.2.2: Where Injury Occurred and Activity at Time of Injury for Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Age, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.2.3: Where Injury Occurred and Activity at Time of Injury for Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.2.4: Where Injury Occurred and Activity at Time of Injury for Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Past Three Months, by Region, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.3.1: Type of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries In Past Three Months and Anatomic Location, by Sex, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.3.2: Type of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries In Past Three Months and Anatomic Location, by Age, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.3.3: Type of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries In Past Three Months and Anatomic Location, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.3.4: Type of Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries In Past Three Months and Anatomic Location, by Region, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.4.1: Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries In Past Three Months, Type of Injury by Anatomical Site, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.4.2: Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries In Past Three Months, Type of Injury by Cause, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.4.3: Self-Reported Medically-Consulted Musculoskeletal Injuries In Past Three Months, Hospitalized Overnight or Longer, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.5.1: Self-Reported Activity Limitations Due to Fracture or Bone/Joint Injury for Persons Aged 18 and Over, United States 2013-2015
Table 5A.5.2: Self-Reported Activity Limitations Due to Fracture or Bone/Joint Injury for Persons Aged 18 and Over, United States 2013-2015	Table 5A.5.3: Bed Days and Lost Work Days Due to a Fracture, Bone, or Joint Injury for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Demographic Characteristics, United States 2013-2015
Table 5B.0.1: Patient Visits for Injuries as Proportion of All Health Care Visits, United States 2013	Table 5B.1.1: Share of Injuries Seen in Hospital Discharges and Emergency Department Visits, by Cause, United States, 2013
Table 5B.1.2: Cause of Injuries Seen in Hospital Discharges and Emergency Department Visits, by Sex, United States, 2013	Table 5B.1.3: Cause of Injuries Seen in Hospital Discharges and Emergency Department Visits, Age, United States, 2013
Table 5B.1.4: Cause of Injuries Seen in Hospital Discharges and Emergency Department Visits, by Type of Injury, United States, 2013	Table 5B.1.5: Incidence of Nonfatal Unintentional Injuries for All Ages, Both Sexes, United States 2015
Table 5B.1.6: Rate of Nonfatal Unintentional Injuries by Cause, by Age, United States 2015	Table 5B.2.1: Healthcare Visits for Musculoskeletal Injuries by Type of Injury, Healthcare Source, and Sex, United States 2013
Table 5B.2.1: Healthcare Visits for Musculoskeletal Injuries by Type of Injury, Healthcare Source, and Age, United States 2013	Table 5B.2.3: Healthcare Visits for Musculoskeletal Injuries by Type of Injury, Healthcare Source, and Race/Ethnicity, United States 2013
Table 5B.2.4: Healthcare Visits for Musculoskeletal Injuries by Type of Injury, Healthcare Source, and Region, United States 2013	Table 5B.2.5 : Resource Utilization Summary for Injury Visits by Treatment Location, United States 2013
Table 5B.3: Total and Admitting Healthcare Visits for Musculoskeletal Injuries by Type of Injury, United States 2013	Table 5B.4.1.1: Average Length of Hospital Stay and Total Charges for Injury Diagnoses by Type of Injury, by Sex, United States 2013
Table 5B.4.1.2: Average Length of Hospital Stay and Total Charges for Injury Diagnoses by Type of Injury, by Age, United States 2013	Table 5B.4.1.3: Average Length of Hospital Stay and Total Charges for Injury Diagnoses by Type of Injury, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2013
Table 5B.4.1.4: Average Length of Hospital Stay and Total Charges for Injury Diagnoses by Type of Injury, by Region, United States 2013	Table 5B.4.2: Disposition of Hospital Discharges for Musculoskeletal Injuries by Type, Compared to Disposition for Non-Musculoskletal Injuries and Any Diagnoses, by Age, United States 2013
Table 5B.4.3: Disposition of Emergency Department Visits for Musculoskeletal Injuries by Type, Compared to Disposition for Non-Musculoskletal Injuries and Any Diagnoses, by Age, United States 2013	Table 5B.5.1: Trends in Fracture Treatment Episodes for Select Anatomic Sites by Treatment Location, United States, 1998-2013
Table 5B.5.2: Healthcare Visits for Fractures by Anatomic Site, Healthcare Source, Sex, and Age, United States 2013	Table 5B.5.3: Hospital Discharge Disposition for Fracture Patients by Anatomic Site by Age, United States 2013
Table 5B.5.4: Emergency Department Discharge Disposition for Fracture Patients by Anatomic Site by Age, United States 2013	Table 5B.6.1: Number of Musculoskeletal Sprains and Strains Diagnoses for Care Received, All Care Facilities, United States 2013
Table 5B.6.2: Healthcare Visits for Sprains and Strains by Anatomic Site, Healthcare Source, Sex, and Age, United States 2013	Table 5B.7.1: Healthcare Visits for Penetrating Injuries by Healthcare Source, Sex, Age, and Region, United States 2013
Table 5B.7.2: Average Length of Hospital Stay and Total Charges for Penetrating Injuries, United States 2013	Table 5B.7.3: 5-Year Trend in Hospital Discharges with Diagnosis for Penetrating Injuries by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2010-2014
Table 5C.1: Trends in Deaths Due to Falls, United States 2000-2015	Table 5C.2 Deaths Due to Falls from Unintentional Injury Episodes by Age and Sex, United States 2015
Table 5C.3: Unintentional Injuries from Falls and All Causes Treated In Hospital Emergency Departments and Admitted to a Hospital, by Age and Sex, United States 2015	Table 5D.1: Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) for Private Industry Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away from Work, United States 1992-2016
Table 5D.2.1: Trends in Injuries Involving Days Away from Work in Private Industry by Sex, United States 2011 to 2016	Table 5D.2.2: Number and Median Days Away from Work for Nonfatal Injuries, by Sex and Age, US Private Industry 2016
Table 5D.3.1: Median Days Away from Work for Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses by Nature of Injury or Illnesses, United States 2003-2016	Table 5D.3.2: Incidence Rates for Cases with Days Away from Work by Selected Nature of Injury or Illness, United States 2012-16
Table 5D.4: Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Involving Days Away from Work by Nature of Injury and Age, United States 2016	Table 5D.5: Median Days Away from Work and Rate per 10,000 Full-time Workers for Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses by Cause of Injury or Illnesses, United States 2003-2016
Table 5D.6: Private-Industry Work-Related Injuries Involving Days Away from Work by Body Part Affected, United States 2016	Table 5E.1.1: Average Yearly Injuries Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Sport Activity, Category of Injury, and Sex, United States 2014-2016
Table 5E.1.2.1: Share of Average Yearly Injuries Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Sport Activity and Age, United States 2014-2016	Table 5E.1.2.2: Rate per 100 Population of Average Yearly Injuries Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Sport Activity and Race/Ethnicity, United States 2014-2016
Table 5E.1.3: Share of Average Yearly Injuries Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Sport Activity and Type of Injury, United States 2014-2016	Table 5E.1.4: Share of Average Yearly Injuries Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Sport Activity and Injury Site, United States 2014-2016
Table 5E.1.5: Share of Average Yearly Injuries Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Sport Activity and Disposition, United States 2014-2016	Table 5E.1.6: Share of Average Yearly Injuries Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Sport Activity and Location Injury Occurred, United States 2014-2016
Table 5E.1.7: Share of Average Yearly Injuries[1] Resulting from Participation in Sports Activities and Severe Enough to be Treated in Emergency Departments, by Age and Body Region, United States 2014-2016	Table 5E.2.1: High School Sports-Related Injury Rates, by Sport and Type of Exposure, United States, 2017-2018 School Year
Table 5E.2.2: Type of Injury Diagnosed in High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study and Outcome, by Source of Exposure, United States, 2017-2018 School Year	Table 5E.2.3: High School Sports-Related Injuries by Body-Site and Type of Exposure, High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study, United States, 2017-2018 School Year
Table 5E.3.1: Game and Practice Injury Rates, 15 Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1988-1989 through 2003-2004	Table 5E.3.2: Overall Game and Practice Injury Rates for 15 Sports, 1988-1989 to 2003-2004
Table 5E.3.3: Trends in Game and Practice Injury Rates for Combined 15 Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1989-1999 through 2003-2004	Table 5E.3.4: Distribution of Injury by Injury Mechanism for Practices and Gamed for 15 Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1989-1999 through 2003-2004
Table 5E.3.5: Distribution of Injury by Body Part for Practices and Games for 15 Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1989-1999 through 2003-2004	Table 5E.3.6: Frequency, Distribution, and Rates of Select Injuries (Ankle Ligament Sprains, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, and Concussions) for Games and Practices Combined for 15 Sports, 1988-1989 to 2003-2004
Table 5E.3.7: Trends in Injury Rates for Select Conditions for Games and Practices Combined for 15 Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1989-1999 through 2003-2004	Table 5F.0.1: Actual End Strength, by Service and Personnel Type, U.S. Armed Forces, FY 2014 thru 2016
Table 5F.0.2: Active Component Enlisted Members FY 2016, by Service, Gender, and Age Group with Civilian Labor Force Comparison Group	Table 5F.1.1.1: Hospitalizations by Diagnostic Category, Active Component, US Armed Forces, 2012-2017
Table 5F.1.1.2: Hospitalizations by Service Branch, Active Component, US Armed Forces, 2017	Table 5F.1.1.3: Morbidity Burden for Injury/Poisoning Events, Active Category, US Armed Forces, 2012-2017
Table 5F.1.2.1: Injury Hospitalizations by Causal Agent, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012 - 2017	Table 5F.1.2.2: Hospitalizations for Injury/Poisoning Events, Active Category by Service Branch, US Armed Forces, 2012-2017
Table 5F.1.2.3: Hospitalizations for Injury/Poisoning Events, Active Category, US Armed Forces 2008-2017 by Sex	Table 5F.1.3.1: Ambulatory Visits by Diagnostic Category, Active Component, US Armed Forces, 2012-2017
Table 5F.1.3.2: Ambulatory Visits for Injury/Poisoning Events, Active Category, US Armed Forces 2008-2017 by Sex	Table 5F.1.3.3: Ambulatory Visits for Injury/Poisoning Events, Active Category, US Armed Forces 2008-2017
Table 5F.1.3.4: Most Frequent Diagnoses During Ambulatory Visits with ICD-10 Codes, by Major Diagnostic Category, by Sex, US Armed Forces, 2015, 2016,and 2017	Table 5F.1.4.1: Healthcare Burden, as Medical Encounters, Attributable to Injuries and Poisoning, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012- 2017
Table 5F.1.4.2: Healthcare Burden, as Individuals Affected, Attributable to Injuries and Poisoning and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012- 2017	Table 5F.1.4.3: Healthcare Burden, as Bed Days, Attributable to Injuries and Poisoning and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012- 2017