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injury risk is real

The federal government’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control reports personal injury statistics.  The risk for injury is a real one.  Every year over 90,000 people die in the United States as a result of unintentional injuries.  Accidental injuries result in about 31 million emergency room visits each year.

Every year, about a quarter of all children sustain an injury serious enough to require medical attention, school absences, and/or bed rest.  Motor Vehicle Accidents are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States for people ages one to thirty-four.  Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in older Americans. One out of every three people age sixty-five and over falls each year.  Falls are also the leading cause of non-fatal injuries to children up to fourteen years of age, accounting for an estimated 2.5 million emergency visits annually.  Drowning is the second leading cause of injury-related deaths in children ages one to fourteen.

In 2002, nearly 13,000 people 65 and older died from fall-related injuries, according to a recent CDC report. More than 60 percent of the people who died from falls were 75 or older.

In the United States, bicycle accidents injured more than a half-million people every year, killing more than 700 in 2004.  About 600,000 people are treated in emergency rooms every year for bicycle-related injuries.  Someone in the United States seeks medical attention for a dog bite every forty seconds.  Playground accidents result in about 200,000 emergency visits every year-that’s one injury every 2 1/2 minutes.

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