HSC 4201 Chapter 15: Motor Vehicle Crashes, Poisonings, Falls, and Other types of Unintentional injuries
Document Summary
Worldwide, 1. 24 million people were killed: 3,400 each day. 20 to 50 million are injured in traffic crashes annually. As estimated: 91% of deaths occurred in middle or low income countries, 9% in developed countries. Motor vehicle-related deaths are the leading cause of fatalities in the 15 to 29 year age group and 59% of all deaths among those 15 to 44 years of age: 77% of these deaths are among males. More people die from unintentional injuries associated with motor vehicle crashes than any other type of injury: 5. 3 million police-reported crashes occurred. More than 1. 5 million resulted in injuries. 34, 677 were killed: a majority of those killed were: Second leading cause of unintentional death sin 2011. These deaths results from unintentional ingestions of: fatal doses of medicines and rugs, consumption of toxic foods such as: Shellfish: exposure to toxic substances in the workplace or elsewhere.
