National Estimates of Nonfatal Firearm and All Injury Emergency Department Visits

Data collection began in 1992 for firearm-related injuries and expanded in July 2000 to include all injury types. The dataset provides the basis for national estimates of nonfatal injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. It is an ongoing surveillance study managed by the CDC and CPSC.

Use Cases

• Estimate national rates of nonfatal firearm-related injuries using NEISS data.
• Analyze trends in BB/pellet gun-related injuries treated in emergency departments.
• Generate national estimates for all types of nonfatal injuries using the NEISS All Injury Program data.
• Study patterns of product-related injuries and accidents for public safety research.

Strengths

• Provides national estimates for nonfatal injuries from a representative sample of hospitals.
• Ongoing data collection since 1992 for firearm injuries and since 2000 for all injuries, offering longitudinal analysis potential.
• Data is collected through an established federal interagency agreement between CDC and CPSC.

Limitations

• Dataset details like row count, column names, and sample size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Focus is on nonfatal injuries treated in emergency departments, excluding fatal injuries and those not seeking emergency care.
• Specific data collection methodology and hospital sampling frame details are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC/CDC) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Collection Method

Collected via the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) from a representative sample of hospital emergency departments.

Time Range

Firearm injury data from 1992 onward; all injury data from July 2000 onward.

Freshness

Last updated November 2025.

Geography

United States.