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Outline the statistics of accident? (10Marks)

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Accident Statistics: Annually, road traffic accident shortens the lives of about 1,35 million men. An estimated 20 to 50 million people sustain non-fatal accidents, many of which are injured because of their trauma. Injuries caused to individuals, families and nations as a whole by road transport cause significant economic damage. Such costs result from the cost of care and lost income of those who have been killed or disabled and family members who have to take their time off work or school in order to look after the wounded. Road crashes cost 3% of the gross domestic product of most countries.

Injury is an significant cause of emergency and hospital admissions for children. The Public Safety Committee, the Public Center for the Prevention and Management of Injury and other sources tell us the most recent figures for accidents:

1. Injury is the number one cause of death for children and young adults. Around 12,000 children and young adults, aged 1 to 19, die each year from accidental injuries, according to the CDC.

2. Falls are a contributing cause of childhood non-fatal injuries. Children aged 19 and taking into account over 8,000 fall-related visits to emergency rooms in hospitals per day.

3. Around 100 children are killed each year, and 254,000 are hospitalized as a result of collisions involving bicycles.

4. Drowning in children aged 1 to 4 is the leading cause of accidental injury-related death. Many drownings and near-drownings occur both in private pools and in open water areas. Kids will drown in as little as an inch of water though.

5. Airway obstruction disease (suffocation) in children under age 1 is the leading cause of accidental disease-related death.

6. Around 2,000 children age 14 and under die each year as a result of a domestic accident. Children's accidental home injury deaths are mainly caused by fire and burns, suffocation, flooding, weapons, crashes, vomiting and poisoning.