Injury toll in US in 2013: $671 billion

Injuries from accidents and violence cost the United States $671 billion in 2013, with men accounting for far more of those costs than women, federal health officials reported Wednesday. Fatal injuries cost $214 billion and nonfatal injuries cost $457 billion. The amounts include lifetime health and work loss costs for fatal and nonfatal injuries treated in hospitals and emergency departments, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Injuries cost Americans far too much money, suffering and preventable death," CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said in an agency news release. "The doubling of deaths by drug poisoning, including prescription drug overdose and heroin, is particularly alarming."