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Table 2 Estimated annual AI/AN premature mortality costs by injury (2008–2010 IHS service population)

From: Incidence, deaths, and lifetime costs of injury among American Indians and Alaska Natives

Injury Category

Estimated Annual Number of Deaths

Productivity Costs (2017 USD millions)

Labor

Household Productivity

Total (Labor + Household Productivity)

Total Cost per Injury Death

All injuriesa

2657

3175

727

3902

1.47

Unintentional injuries

1914

2151

509

2660

1.39

Suicide

473

646

140

786

1.66

Homicide

271

378

78

456

1.68

Injuries by cause

 Motor vehicle

971

1285

297

1582

1.63

 Pedestrian-related motor vehicle

179

233

51

284

1.59

 Firearms

316

453

87

541

1.71

 Poisoning

664

760

189

949

1.43

 Falls

127

64

15

78

0.62

 Drowning

71

92

18

110

1.55

 Fire and smoke

51

55

14

69

1.36

Alcohol-related injuries

991

887

233

1119

1.13

  1. aNote: The “All injuries” category was calculated as unintentional injuries + the two intentional injury intents of homicide and suicide. The sum of costs across injury categories (excluding homicide and suicide) does not add up to the costs of unintentional injuries because categories include intentional and unintentional injuries