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Thursday, March 31, 2005

 

The most common causes of death due to injury in the United States

`The table is derived from the National Safety Council’s data on accidents. There are four columns:

Column 1: Manner of injury

Column 2: Total number of deaths nationwide due to the manner of injury for the year 2000

Column 3: Odds of dying in one year due to the manner of injury [i.e. 1 in 46,901 chance of dying as a Pedestrian]

Column 4: Odds of dying over the course of a lifetime due to the manner of injury [i.e. 1 in 610 chance of dying as a Pedestrian]’




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