Injury Intent: Unintentional Injury Mechanism & All Other Leading Causes: Natural/Environmental
Cause | Deaths |
---|---|
Total | 25946 |
Exposure to excessive natural cold | 10599 |
Exposure to excessive natural heat | 6240 |
Victim of cataclysmic storm | 2524 |
Bitten or struck by other mammals | 1163 |
Contact with hornets, wasps and bees | 921 |
Victim of lightning | 648 |
Lack of food | 648 |
Victim of avalanche, landslide and other earth movements | 549 |
Exposure to other and unspecified forces of nature | 532 |
Bitten or struck by dog | 486 |
Victim of flood | 297 |
Unspecified privation | 184 |
Exposure to high and low air pressure and changes in air pressure | 173 |
Exposure to other and unspecified animate mechanical forces | 159 |
Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods | 143 |
Contact with other specified venomous arthropods | 136 |
Contact with venomous spiders | 112 |
Exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin | 111 |
Contact with venomous snakes and lizards | 101 |
Bitten or crushed by other reptiles | 78 |
Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin | 21 |
Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant | 20 |
Contact with marine animal | 19 |
Exposure to sunlight | 14 |
Lack of water | 11 |
Bitten or struck by crocodile or alligator | 9 |
Contact with plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves | 7 |
Contact with scorpions | 7 |
Victim of earthquake | 7 |
Contact with centipedes and venomous millipedes (tropical) | 5 |
Travel and motion | 4 |
Exposure to noise | 3 |
Bitten by rat | 3 |
Exposure to other and unspecified man-made environmental factors | 3 |
Victim of volcanic eruption | 3 |
Prolonged stay in weightless environment | 3 |
Contact with venomous marine animals and plants | 1 |
Contact with other specified venomous plants | 1 |
Victim of unspecified effect of earthquake | 1 |
Exposure to vibration | 0 |
Contact with other specified venomous animals | 0 |
Victim of cataclysmic earth movements caused by earthquake | 0 |
Victim of tsunami | 0 |
Victim of other specified effects of earthquake | 0 |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1999-2014 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December 2015. Data are from the Compressed Mortality File 1999-2014 Series 20 No. 2T, 2015, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html on May 10, 2016 12:05:59 PM