Fifty-nine million injuries were reported in 1995, resulting in 37 million hospital emergency department visits and 2.6 million hospital discharges. Injuries also accounted for 37% of all hospital emergency department visits in 1995, and about 8% of all short-stay hospital discharges. Also that year, 147,891 people died from injuries: 61% of them from unintentional injuries, 21% from suicides, and 15% from homicides. Death from injury is the leading cause of years of potential life lost before age 75 in the U.S., largely because people ages 1 to 34 makeup such a large portion of injuries. The mission of public health includes prevention, mitigation, and treatment assurance of injury, as well as the reduction of injury-related disability and death. Its scope encompasses injuries involving any mechanism (e.g., firearm, motor vehicle, and burn) and includes both intentional and unintentional injuries. An important part of the public health mission is to emphasize that injuries are preventable and to dispel the widespread misconception that injuries are unavoidable.


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    Titel :

    State Injury Indicators Report


    Beteiligte:
    M. Davies (Autor:in) / A. Connolly (Autor:in) / J. Horan (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2001


    Format / Umfang :

    40 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch






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