About 800 Americans die every year from unnatural causes while traveling abroad. The State Department has tracked the data since October 2002.
66
X
200
400
600
800
1,000
243
2003
121
84
97
86
39
39
47
275
2004
128
100
93
110
27
74
58
282
2005
142
81
93
103
33
61
43
211
2006
104
89
79
96
18
28
28
282
2007
107
98
109
88
26
9
31
217
2008
125
111
98
85
23
26
42
252
2009
189
114
119
136
25
10
40
270
2010
220
133
113
112
35
17
165
222
2011
200
129
97
95
23
17
41
226
2012
192
131
103
118
28
10
26
229
2013
176
145
115
112
31
16
34
227
2014
174
141
105
94
19
19
33
256
2015
165
171
139
108
17
17
39
228
2016
145
141
157
117
5
15
39
264
2017
158
106
122
105
15
8
43
167
2018
Vehicle accident
132
Homicide
112
Suicide
136
Drowning
95
Accident
10
Air accident
6
Terrorist action
66
Other
Only full-year data is included. "Other" refers to deaths that are drug-related or a result of a disaster, maritime accident, natural disaster, execution, armed conflict or undetermined/unknown
