Health related behaviour : an epidemiological overview / commissioned by Central Health Monitoring Unit.

  • Great Britain. Central Health Monitoring Unit
Date:
1996
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Health related behaviour : an epidemiological overview / commissioned by Central Health Monitoring Unit. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Among children under 15, road accidents accounted for about half of accidental deaths The casualty rate in road accidents has declined Deaths in accidents at home accounted for 40% of all accidental deaths and death rates were higher among boys than girls and higher among men than women except for those aged 75 or more Falls were the most frequent cause of accidental death among people aged 65 or more Death rates in fires were highest among people aged 60 or more and were high among people born in the Indian sub-continent, the Caribbean and African Commonwealth countries Fatalities in fires decreased from 15 to 11 per million population between 1983 and 1993 but non-fatal casualties increased slightly 35% of deaths in fires occurred in fires started by smokers’ materials 50% of homes in Great Britain had a smoke alarm
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