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Data Visualization: Fatal Injury and Violence Data

2023

This data visualization from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides key data and statistics on fatal injury and violence. The data visualization explore tool allows users to view mortality data filtered by specific years ranges, demographic, geographic, and cause-of-death indicators. The compare tool allows users to compare different causes of death across different states to understand their prevalence and rates in the US. The portal also includes fatal injury reports from 1981 to 2020leading cause of death reports from 1981 to 2020years of potential life lost from 1981 to 2020, and a new Cost of Injuries portal outlining medical costs associated with injuries. The data portal includes additional information on methodology and reporting systems by the CDC.

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Fatal Injury and Violence Data. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html.