Accident-related fractures of the skull and facial bones are the most common pathological changes to the skull. The aim of our study was to determine the epidemiological disease burden of fracture of skull and facial bones. Data were derived from the financial database of the Hungarian National Health Insurance Fund Administration (NHIFA), for the year 2018. Data analysed included annual patient numbers, case numbers and prevalence of care utilisation per 100,000 population according to age groups and sex. The following health insurance treatment categories were included into our study: general practice care, home care, in- and outpatient care, medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, drugs and medical aids. Patients with fracture of skull and facial bones were identified with the following code of the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision: S02. The highest national patient numbers were in outpatient care: 11,306 men and 8,284 women, in total 19,590 patients, followed by CT diagnostics (4,158 men and 3,407 women, in total 7,565 patients), and general practice care (3,718 men and 2,349 women, in total 6,067). Based on patient numbers in outpatient care, prevalence in 100,000 among men was 242.0 patients, among women 162.2 patients, in total 200.3. Average age of patients in outpatient care was 46.1 years, there was a significant difference (11.5 years) between men (40.3 years) and women (52.8 years). As regards sex distribution in outpatient care: 57.7% of patients were men, 42.3% were women, in CT diagnostics men accounted for 55.0%, women for 45.0% of patients. Prevalence of fracture of skull and facial bones was 1.49-times higher among women than among men. Average age of women was 11.5 years higher than that of men. High patient numbers of CT diagnostics are attributable to the fact CT is the primary diagnostic method.