---
language:
- en
pretty_name: Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence - National
tags:
- hhs
- cdc
- deaths
- homicide
- mortality
- nchs
- suicide
---

# Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence - National

## Description

This file contains death counts and death rates for drug overdose, suicide, homicide and firearm injuries at the United States national level (additional datasets exist for other levels of geography). The data is grouped by 3 different time periods including monthly, yearly, and trailing twelve months. Please see data dictionary for intents and mechanisms included in each measure.

## Dataset Details

- **Publisher**: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Temporal Coverage**: 2019-01-01/Present
- **Geographic Coverage**: United States
- **Last Modified**: 2025-04-04
- **Contact**: NCIPC (injurydashboard@cdc.gov)

## Source

Original data can be found at: https://data.cdc.gov/d/t6u2-f84c

## Usage

You can load this dataset using:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
 dataset = load_dataset('HHS-Official/mapping-injury-overdose-and-violence-national')
```
## License

This dataset is licensed under https://www.usa.gov/government-works