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Injury Statistics: Home Safety

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Researchers at UNC IPRC recently completed a study of the epidemiology of unintentional home injuries in the United States. The "State of Home Safety in America‚ Facts About Unintentional Injuries in the Home" a study commissioned by the Home Safety Council, found that between 1992 and 1999, on average, there were approximately 18,000 deaths per year -- representing 6.83 deaths for every 100,000 people. Leading causes of home injury death between 1992 and 1999 were falls and poisoning.

Home Injury Deaths Per 100,000 from 1992-1999	United States	North Carolina
Falls	2.25	1.88
Poisonings	1.83	0.73
Fire/burns	1.29	1.86
Suffocations	0.41	0.29
Drownings	0.31	0.19
All Others	0.73	0.89
All Injury Deaths	6.83	5.83

Source: National Vital Statistics System, 1992-1999

IPRC Resources:

IPRC recently released the 2004 edition of “The State of Home Safety in America: Facts about Unintentional Injuries in the Home.”

For more information contact:

Dr. Carri Casteel