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Preventing Injuries and Violence: An Overview
December 15 , 2022
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- The 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion held in Australia.
- The World Health Organization released a report titled “Preventing injuries and violence: An overview”.
- Of the 4.4 million injury-related deaths in 2019, unintentional injuries caused over 3.16 million deaths and violence-related injuries caused 1.25 million deaths.
- 1 in 3 of these deaths were because of road traffic crashes.
- 1 in 6 deaths was from suicide, 1 in 9 was because of homicide, and 1 in 61 was from war and conflict.
- In the age group 5 to 29 years, three of the top 5 causes of death are road traffic injuries, homicide, and suicide.
- Road traffic injuries were the leading cause of death among youth aged 15 to 29 years.
- Road traffic injuries are the second leading cause of death among children aging 5 to 14 years.
- Drowning is the 6th leading cause of death in the age group 5 to 14 years.
- Men are two times more vulnerable than women to deaths every year because of injuries and violence.
- The top causes of females dead are road traffic injuries, falls and suicides.
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