Road traffic deaths
14.2per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021.
Ranks 79th of 195 countries by rate.
- Estimated deaths, 2021
- 47,750 (44,464–51,035)
United States of America: injury statistics
The World Health Organization’s estimates for United States of America of deaths from road traffic crashes, suicide, homicide and unintentional poisoning: the latest year WHO has published, where each rate stands among countries, and the trend since 2000 where WHO gives one.
WHO region: Americas.
Suicide rate
14.2per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021, age-standardized. Range (13.3–14.7).
Ranks 33rd of 185 countries by age-standardized rate.
- Male
- 22.3 (20.5–22.7)
- Female
- 5.9 (5.6–6.3)
- In 2000
- 10.1
- Crude rate, 2021
- 15.6 (14.6–16.2)
Homicide rate
5.8per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (5.4–6.0).
Ranks 80th of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 9.3 (8.5–9.4)
- Female
- 2.2 (2.1–2.4)
- In 2000
- 6.2
- Estimated homicides, 2019
- 18,976 (17,293–20,200)
Unintentional poisoning deaths
0.5per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (0.5–0.6).
Ranks 93rd of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 0.7 (0.6–0.7)
- Female
- 0.4 (0.3–0.4)
- In 2000
- 0.3
How to read these figures
- Each figure is WHO’s estimate, made with the same definitions for every country so that countries can be compared. It can differ from what United States of America registers itself; the national figures we carry are on the injury facts pages for road & transport, violence & self-harm and poisoning & home hazards.
- A range is WHO’s uncertainty interval: where WHO judges the true value is likely to lie.
- A rank is the country’s position in WHO’s list for that year, from the highest rate. Countries whose rates print the same are listed alphabetically, so where many countries share a small rate a few places of rank mean nothing. Rates are deaths per 100 000 population; the suicide rate is age-standardized, so countries with older or younger populations can be compared.
- The trend line runs from the earliest to the latest year WHO publishes, scaled to the country’s own highest and lowest values.
Safety observances in United States
The awareness days, weeks and months kept in United States, with the next date for each: United States safety observances.
About these figures
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory (indicator codes shown). WHO web content and data are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; figures are shown as WHO publishes them, with attribution. WHO copyright and licensing.
| Code | WHO indicator | Years | WHO last updated | Read from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RS_198 | Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population) | 2021 | 15 April 2024 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198 |
RS_196 | Estimated number of road traffic deaths | 2021 | 15 April 2024 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_196 |
MH_12 | Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 28 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/MH_12 |
SDGSUICIDE | Crude suicide rates (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 10 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/SDGSUICIDE |
VIOLENCE_HOMICIDERATE | Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population | 2000–2021 | 13 February 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/VIOLENCE_HOMICIDERATE |
VIOLENCE_HOMICIDENUM | Estimates of number of homicides | 2000–2019 | 9 February 2021 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/VIOLENCE_HOMICIDENUM |
SDGPOISON | Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 10 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/SDGPOISON |
Read from WHO’s Global Health Observatory data service on 26 September 2026. The figures are WHO’s estimates; ranks are each country’s position in WHO’s list, highest rate first.