More teenage passenger deaths occurred in vehicles driven by 16-year-olds than any other teen age, and both male and female 16-year-old drivers had greatly elevated rates of teenage passenger deaths in their vehicle per licensed driver and per mile driven compared with older teenage drivers. ...
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death and injury among people under the age of 35 accounting for around five million injuries and deaths every year. Sadly, repeat offenders are common and are often minimally responsive to education and prevention efforts.As such, McGill University...
Driving can be a dangerous activity. Road traffic accidents account for a staggering 1.24 million deaths per year globally.
others. This later type of pollution is responsible for 4.2 million deaths per year due to heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, and respiratory diseases[1]. Apart from the inherent pollution of human activities, other natural sources of pollution are also produced such as pollen, spores, fungi,...
Injury prevention efforts in construction have had limited effect on motor vehicle-related deaths, with death rates falling by only 11% during the 13-year period, compared with 43% for falls, 54% for electrocutions and 48% for machinery. In all industries combined, motor vehicle fatality rates...
Nationally, theChevy Silveradopickup was involved in more fatal crashes than any other, with 2,093 traffic deaths occurring with that model truck involved, followed by theFord F-150with 1,656 nationwide. This shouldn't be too shocking, as it seems nearly everyone is driving one or the other...
Along with these deleterious effects on wildlife, WVC can also result in injuries and deaths of humans. During the three-year monitoring, a total of 7,495 wildlife-vehicle collisions were recorded, including mainly roe deer (73%), while other species were less frequently affected (wild boar--...
We examined the role of body mass index (BMI) and other factors in driver deaths within 30 days after motor vehicle crashes. Methods. We collec... S Zhu,PM Layde,CE Guse,... - 《American Journal of Public Health》 被引量: 123发表: 2006年 Increased depth of subcutaneous fat is ...
There were a total of eight deaths; only one patient was wearing a helmet. CONCLUSION: In the United States, all-terrain vehicles caused an estimated 240 deaths/yr between 1990 and 1994, which increased to 357 deaths/yr between 1995 and 2000. Brain and spine injuries occurred in 80% of ...
According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases cause 32% of global deaths, which are 17.9 million deaths per year1. Stroke and heart attacks are responsible for 85% of these deaths1. Atrial fibrillation is a risk factor for both stroke2 and heart failure3, and often yields...