Injuries remain the leading cause of death of Americans ages 1 to 44 years, and prevention
is an essential companion to injury treatment. Effective injury prevention begins with an …

Emergency medicine plays a significant role in injury prevention through the use of public
health models that link injury data to prevention programming, research, and advocacy. The …

Violent and unintentional injuries place a severe physical, emotional, and financial burden
on our communities. Injuries do not discriminate; they affect all races and ages. In fact …

Injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Preventing injuries from ever occurring is
primary injury prevention (PIP). The objective of this statement is to present the consensus of …

Injury is the number one cause of death and life-years lost for children. In children, injury
mortality is greater than childhood mortality from all other causes combined. Modern injury …

Violent and unintentional injuries place a severe physical, emotional, and financial burden
on US communities. Injuries affect people of all ages, from infants through older adults, and …

Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among people under age 35 in the
United States. Despite great strides in injury prevention over the decades, injuries result in …

For young Americans, injury is the major threat to life and health. For the elderly, injury
causes increased morbidity and disability and frequently leads to death. As a result of injury …

Despite the existence of many effective interventions, including those described throughout
this handbook, more than 160,000 injury-and violence-related deaths occurred in the United …

Injuries are the leading cause of death for ages 1 to 44 and are responsible for more years
of productive life lost than any other disease. The common perception of injuries as random …