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Review this interesting table. You will see that injuries (unintentional
and intentional) are the leading cause of death for persons ages 1-44.
Look at State
Injury Profiles contain maps and tables of injury deaths and death rates
for the State of
Illinois (you will need Adobe Reader to view these
data). The data from Illinois is also
compared with that of the United
States. This profile also includes
descriptions of CDC-sponsored injury prevention programs and research
activities in Illinois.
CDC,
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Injury Data Review the unintentional injury and
intentional injury (violence) data. Review
some of the Public health information fact sheets on specific injuries (home
and leisure, motor vehicle, and violence).
National Safety Council is one of the
leading organizations for compiling injury data and statistics. Review the statistics/data shown on the
following NSC Web pages:
http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/TheOddsofDyingFrom.aspx
http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/EstimatingtheCostsofUnintentionalInjuries.aspx
http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/Resources/res_stats_services/Pages/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.aspx
http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/Resources/Pages/SafetyHealthFactSheets.aspx
Report on
Injuries in America Review this National Safety Council report of
injuries in the United States and why we (as a community) need to resolve
this issue.
Write a one page paper of issue
of injuries in the United States
and in Illinois. Why should we be concern about injuries? What are the biggest injury issues?
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