10:832:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Healthcare Industry, Intimate Relationship, Employee Assistance Program
16 Feb 2017
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Leading cause of death and disability in the world: nearly 5. 8 million people die from injuries each year, cost of injuries - over billion annually. Injury deaths, united states, 2011: disabling injuries, burden of injury, united states, 2011, unintentional injuries, unsafe act and unsafe condition. The cause of nearly two-thirds of all injury-related deaths in the u. s. Types of unintentional injuries: motor vehicle crashes, poisonings, other types of unintentional injuries. Leading type of unintentional injury death: majority of those killed are. Leading cause of nonfatal unintentional injury: drivers, passengers, motorcycle riders, pedestrians, pedalcyclists, poisonings. Second leading cause of unintentional injury death: unintentional ingestion of fatal doses of medicines and drugs, consumption of toxic foods. Exposure to toxic substances in the workplace or elsewhere. Leading cause of injury-related ed visits: most occur in the home, most occur in the home, disproportionately affect elders, account for large number of early deaths in u. s, high economic impact.
