Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates
Arkansas and U.S. Unintentional Injury Mortality Rates
Current Value
65.8
Definition
Data Description and Source
Description: Negative trend. Unintentional injury related mortality rate in Arkansas decreased slowly until 2013 before increasing continuously through 2017. Arkansas rates stayed higher than the rates of United States for many years until they converged starting in 2017. In 2021, both Arkansas and United State rates were, 65.8 per 100,000 and 64.7 per 100,000, respectively.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER).
Notes: Age-adjusted rates are shown. Rates are per 100,000 population. ICD-10 codes V01-X59, Y85-Y86. Some of the most common types of unintentional injuries are related to motor vehicle accidents, suffocation, drowning, poisoning, fire burns, falls, and sports and recreation.
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