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Table 1 Cost of Hospital-Treated Nonfatal Injuries in the United States, 2013 (2013 United States $)

From: Incidence and costs of injuries to children and adults in the United States

 

Number

Medical

Work Loss

Quality of Life

Total Cost

Total Cost per Injury

All

31,038,072

$167,968,253,878

$223,116,101,911

$1,461,482,900,000

$1,852,567,255,789

$59,687

Age Group

  < 1

261,308

$1,432,470,125

$1,789,973,631

$22,287,154,385

$25,509,598,141

$97,623

 1–11

4,447,463

$12,032,484,055

$18,626,763,126

$181,322,230,105

$211,981,477,286

$47,663

 12–17

2,823,241

$8,816,169,603

$13,443,289,763

$145,256,948,411

$167,516,407,777

$59,335

 18–24

3,773,148

$13,600,427,953

$23,698,584,864

$186,399,030,940

$223,698,043,757

$59,287

 25–34

4,442,848

$17,457,020,563

$36,742,723,349

$205,840,515,715

$260,040,259,627

$58,530

 35–44

3,711,266

$15,005,365,402

$34,704,621,851

$150,463,641,515

$200,173,628,768

$53,937

 45–64

6,458,720

$40,319,428,609

$65,703,484,682

$314,280,411,223

$420,303,324,514

$65,075

 65+

4,800,513

$59,285,698,881

$28,387,430,398

$255,529,916,815

$343,203,046,094

$71,493

Household Income Quartile

 0-25th percentile

9,572,854

$47,498,738,599

$67,315,490,069

$419,419,736,702

$534,233,965,370

$55,807

 26th–50th percentile

8,347,113

$43,448,674,708

$57,933,681,503

$380,949,318,832

$482,331,675,043

$57,784

 31st-75th percentile

6,923,897

$39,294,070,461

$50,758,794,647

$339,582,090,153

$429,634,955,261

$62,051

 76th–100th percentile

5,533,774

$33,659,639,931

$40,997,146,789

$284,762,942,717

$359,419,729,437

$64,950

Payer

 Medicare

5,599,892

$62,116,899,402

$40,517,276,172

$297,763,145,616

$400,397,321,190

$71,501

 Medicaid

7,429,391

$29,171,568,219

$45,103,953,532

$314,054,136,094

$388,329,657,845

$52,269

 Other

15,231,785

$64,317,973,204

$113,654,085,383

$712,228,646,085

$890,200,704,672

$58,444

 Private/Commercial/PPO/HMO

2,776,540

$12,348,412,934

$23,823,408,746

$137,372,720,655

$173,544,542,335

$62,504

Rural/Urban

 Urban

24,549,308

$134,880,605,547

$179,608,748,796

$1,164,443,500,000

$1,478,932,854,343

$60,243

 Rural

6,292,866

$31,930,196,077

$41,617,835,131

$286,073,751,174

$359,621,782,382

$57,148

Disposition

 Treated and Released

28,387,504

$66,949,530,984

$86,132,322,982

$788,923,246,256

$942,005,100,222

$33,184

 Admitted

2,650,568

$101,018,722,894

$136,983,778,930

$672,559,644,444

$910,562,146,268

$343,535

Injury Severity Score (ISS)

 0

4,007,518

$23,294,466,781

$9,224,703,223

$78,422,515,363

$110,941,685,367

$27,683

  < 5

23,472,855

$81,231,767,072

$125,971,348,386

$797,810,907,004

$1,005,014,022,462

$42,816

 5–14

1,533,316

$31,204,880,868

$36,049,311,657

$287,923,572,318

$355,177,764,843

$231,640

  > 15

2,024,383

$32,237,139,158

$51,870,738,645

$297,325,896,016

$381,433,773,819

$188,420

Region

 Northeast

486,635

$18,095,855,894

$24,090,562,684

$119,160,902,927

$161,347,321,505

$331,557

 Midwest

601,215

$21,715,142,226

$29,756,502,527

$144,768,266,911

$196,239,911,664

$326,406

 South

1,027,654

$36,344,852,910

$52,530,343,991

$258,276,688,480

$347,151,885,381

$337,810

 West

535,064

$24,862,871,864

$30,606,369,728

$150,353,786,126

$205,823,027,718

$384,670

Hospital Type

 Nonteaching

11,451,866

$26,985,059,893

$34,347,299,866

$311,700,719,574

$373,033,079,333

$32,574

 Teaching

11,244,316

$26,914,053,295

$35,054,247,432

$316,475,541,375

$378,443,842,102

$33,656