The top causes of unintentional home injury deaths are:
Falls
Poisoning
Fire/Burns
Suffocation/Inhalation
Drowning/Submersion
Natural/Environmental
Firearm
Struck By/Against
Unknown
Other
Machinery
Cut/Pierce/Stab
Overexertion
See the number and rate of these deaths at the following link:
http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/state_of_home_safety/sohs_injury_p001.pdf
***The data used to generate these statistics came from national data
compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and
Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC).
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The State of Home Safety in America
?The State of Home Safety in America(2004), a new study commissioned
by the Home Safety Council, reveals that unintentional home injuries
are a much more serious issue than many Americans may realize. The
report is the Home Safety Council?s second national home injury study
and the nation?s first in-depth report to examine home injury trends
in America.?
?According to the report, unintentional injuries at home result in an
average of nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits each
year.?
Download the Executive Summary
http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/state_of_home_safety/sohs_2004_p001.pdf
***See page 6 Table 2.
Unintentional Home Injury Deaths. Average Annual Number,
Percentage and Rate (per 100,000 persons), All Causes, U.S., 1992-1999.
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