Injury Center Funding | Injury Center

Background

Injury is the leading cause of death and hospitalization for Americans in the first half of life. More Americans ages 1-44 die from injuries and violence—overdose, suicide, motor vehicle crashes, drowning, and homicide—than from any other single cause. Every year, injuries and violence cost the United States more than $4 trillion and affect workforce and community stability.

As the only federal agency focused on non-occupational injuries and violence, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)—or Injury Center—has safeguarded Americans against public health threats like overdose, suicide, and violence for more than 30 years. The Injury Center empowers states and cities by providing the funding, guidance, and tools they need to make the best decisions for their citizens.

Impact of funding to prevent ACEs, overdose, and suicide

The Injury Center’s total budget for FY 2025 is $761,379,000.

More than 80% of the Injury Center’s budget goes directly back to communities. State and local health departments, tribes and tribal organizations, and non-profit organizations across the nation use this funding to collect and analyze local data to support community-driven, evidence-based prevention. The remaining 20% supports CDC’s data, laboratory, and rapid response capacity, enabling us to stay ahead of shifting overdose, injury, and violence threats.

Data to guide national and community prevention efforts

The Injury Center operates the nation’s fastest, most comprehensive data systems for injuries and violence. These systems guide national and community prevention efforts. State, local, and federal decision-makers turn to CDC for the data needed to act on prevention and response efforts.

• The Injury Center Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence Data Dashboard offers timely data at the zip code and census tract level, so states and communities can see where they need to focus actions to prevent and respond to drug overdose, suicide, and violent deaths.
• The SUDORS Dashboard displays data on drug overdose deaths from death certificates, medical examiner or coroner reports, and postmortem toxicology results.
• The DOSE Dashboard displays nonfatal drug overdose data that comes from electronic health record information in syndromic surveillance systems.
• WISQARS is an interactive collection of analysis tools for fatal, nonfatal, and cost of injury data.
• The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) collects data on sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization from adult women and men in the United States.
• The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) provides information about violent deaths including homicides, suicides and deaths caused by law enforcement acting in the line of duty.

Experts in injury prevention and response

The Injury Center’s world-class experts monitor changes in injury patterns, develop and evaluate prevention strategies, and provide practical guidance on topics ranging from safe opioid prescribing to best practices for preventing drowning. CDC’s laboratory expertise is critical to ensuring patients nationwide can be tested for rapidly emerging threats in the drug supply.

Responding to emergencies on overdose and suicide

Injury Center scientists provide free technical assistance to states, communities, and tribal nations every day. The Injury Center also provides emergency, on-the-ground expertise to any jurisdiction that requests help to combat local injury or violence emergencies, like overdose surges or suicide clusters.