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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce nonfatal physical assault injuries — IVP‑10

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
411.2 emergency department visits for nonfatal physical assault injuries per 100,000 population (2022)

Target:
277.9 per 100,000 1

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
496.7 emergency department visits for nonfatal physical assault injuries per 100,000 population occurred in 2017

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Reduce nonfatal physical assault injuries

Target-Setting Method
Minimal statistical significance

Data Sources:  National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP), CDC/NCIPC and CPSC; Bridged-race Population Estimates, CDC/NCHS and Census

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Summary

Every year in the United States, many people are treated in the emergency department for injuries caused by violent assaults. Strategies to prevent intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect, and youth violence are key to reducing related nonfatal injuries.

Topics:  Violence Prevention, Injury Prevention

Workgroup: Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

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