From: Incidence, deaths, and lifetime costs of injury among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Injury category | Lifetime Medical Cost of Annual Injury Incidents (IHS users, 2017 USD thousands) | Mortality Cost (IHS service population, 2017 USD thousands) | Total Cost (2017 USD thousands) | |
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Labor Productivity Losses | Household Productivity Losses | |||
Costs by Injury Intent | ||||
Unintentional | 362,232 | 2,151,237 | 509,212 | 3,022,681 |
Self-inflicted/suicide | 9127 | 645,864 | 139,807 | 794,798 |
Assault/homicide | 38,125 | 377,968 | 78,407 | 494,500 |
Other | 468 | – | – | 468 |
Undetermined | 138,845 | – | – | 138,845 |
Total Costs | 548,796 | 3,175,069 | 727,427 | 4,451,292 |
Costs by Injury Cause | ||||
Motor vehicle/traffic | 40,512 | 1,284,615 | 297,032 | 1,622,159 |
Poisoning | 11,400 | 759,675 | 189,130 | 960,205 |
Firearm | 1012 | 453,386 | 87,223 | 541,621 |
Pedestrian-related | 744 | 233,027 | 50,830 | 284,601 |
Falls | 130,593 | 63,824 | 14,549 | 208,967 |
Drowning | 145 | 91,822 | 18,376 | 110,342 |
Fire/burn | 6110 | 55,122 | 14,335 | 75,567 |