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ACCIDENTS HAPPEN...
- Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death
among persons in the age groups from 1 to 34 and are the
fifth leading cause of death overall.
- On average, there are 11 unintentional-injury deaths
and about 2,340 disabling injuries every hour.
- A disability injury occurs in the home about every four
seconds.
- In 1998 about 37% of all hospitals emergency department
visits in the United States were injury-related.
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