Summary Unintentional injuries was responsible for 1·77 million (95% UI 1·55–1·95) deaths in 2019. The age-standardised death rate from unintentional injuries decreased from 30·3 per 100 000 (27·3–32·2) in 2010 to 23·1 per 100 000 (20·2–25·4) in 2019.
Definition Death or bodily damage due to an injury that was unplanned or caused by external factors.
Total sources | ||||||||||||
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Incidence | 384 | |||||||||||
Prevalence | 0 | |||||||||||
Remission | 0 | |||||||||||
Causes of death | 7726 | |||||||||||
Other | 0 | |||||||||||
Table 1:
Total sources used in GBD 2019 estimation
What is new in GBD 2019?
- •The ratio of outpatient to inpatient care was modelled in MR-BRT for each sub-cause prior to modelling in DisMod-MR 2.1. The MR-BRT ratio modelling step produced an estimated age pattern for the ratio of outpatient cases to inpatient cases, which added more precise age adjustments in the estimation of outpatient injury burden. Across these sub-causes, hospital data were adjusted to account for location-specific access to medical care using a scalar derived from the HAQ Index.
- •Population-weighted mean temperature was added as a new covariate in CODEm models.
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YLLs
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2019 | ||||||||||||
Both Sexes | 1150 (1070 to 1230) |
14 216·3 (13 254·2 to 15 264·1) |
560 (515 to 610) |
7298·9 (6712·0 to 7977·0) |
1·77 (1·55 to 1·95) |
23·1 (20·2 to 25·4) |
65·8 (57·4 to 73·3) |
865·0 (754·8 to 966·8) |
37·8 (26·7 to 52·2) |
469·6 (331·9 to 648·7) |
104 (88·9 to 120) |
1334·6 (1144·1 to 1544·8) |
Females | 487 (453 to 525) |
11 713·1 (10 903·5 to 12 625·8) |
238 (218 to 259) |
6206·9 (5679·8 to 6784·4) |
0·712 (0·598 to 0·803) |
17·3 (14·5 to 19·5) |
22·7 (19·0 to 26·0) |
599·4 (505·0 to 688·1) |
17·6 (12·4 to 24·1) |
421·6 (299·0 to 578·8) |
40·2 (33·8 to 47·4) |
1020·9 (858·5 to 1204·4) |
Males | 662 (616 to 713) |
16 758·0 (15 606·8 to 18 020·3) |
322 (296 to 351) |
8332·9 (7677·1 to 9070·6) |
1·06 (0·932 to 1·16) |
29·3 (25·7 to 32·1) |
43·1 (37·8 to 47·9) |
1129·8 (987·7 to 1260·4) |
20·2 (14·2 to 28·4) |
514·7 (362·1 to 721·8) |
63·4 (55·0 to 72·5) |
1644·6 (1427·8 to 1879·2) |
Percentage change 2010-19 | ||||||||||||
Both Sexes | 24·4% (23·7 to 25·2) |
5·1% (4·4 to 5·6) |
14·8% (12·6 to 16·6) |
4·1% (2·1 to 5·8) |
–9·8% (–15·2 to –4·3) |
–23·8% (–28·2 to –19·2) |
–26·3% (–31·1 to –20·4) |
–33·6% (–38·0 to –28·2) |
24·4% (23·6 to 25·2) |
4·7% (4·1 to 5·2) |
–13·4% (–18·5 to –8·4) |
–23·8% (–28·3 to –19·6) |
Females | 29·3% (28·6 to 30·0) |
8·5% (7·9 to 8·9) |
19·7% (17·4 to 21·6) |
7·5% (5·4 to 9·3) |
–3·6% (–12·7 to 5·4) |
–21·9% (–29·0 to –14·7) |
–26·3% (–33·8 to –17·8) |
–34·5% (–41·2 to –26·8) |
29·0% (28·1 to 29·9) |
7·5% (6·9 to 8·2) |
–9·3% (–15·9 to –2·8) |
–21·9% (–27·6 to –15·9) |
Males | 21·1% (20·3 to 21·9) |
2·8% (2·0 to 3·4) |
11·4% (9·2 to 13·4) |
1·7% (–0·2 to 3·5) |
–13·5% (–19·3 to –7·4) |
–24·9% (–29·7 to –19·8) |
–26·3% (–31·6 to –20·3) |
–33·1% (–37·8 to –27·6) |
20·7% (19·9 to 21·4) |
2·4% (1·8 to 3·0) |
–15·8% (–20·8 to –10·9) |
–24·9% (–29·1 to –20·7) |
Numbers in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals. |
Table 2:
Global prevalence, incidence, deaths, YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs in counts and age-standardised rates for both sexes combined, females, and males, 2019, with percentage change between 2010 and 2019
Deaths | YLLs | YLDs | DALYs | |||||||||
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1990 | 9th | 7th | 8th | 8th | ||||||||
2010 | 9th | 6th | 9th | 8th | ||||||||
2019 | 9th | 9th | 8th | 9th | ||||||||
Table 3:
Rank among Level 2 causes for global deaths, YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs in 1990, 2010, and 2019, for both sexes combined

Figure 1:
Composition of DALYs by constituent level 3 causes for both sexes combined, 2019

Figure 2:
Percentage of DALYs attributable to top risk factors for both sexes, 2019


Figure 3:
Age-standardised DALY rates for each location by SDI, both sexes combined, 2019

Figure 4:
Composition of DALYs by YLLs and YLDs, age group, and sex, 2019


Figure 5:
Age-standardised DALY rates (per 100 000) by location, both sexes combined, 2019