Preventing injuries and violence : an overview

Preventing injuries and violence : an overview World Health Organization - World Health Organization, 2022 - electronic document (14 pages) ; PDF file

This brief advocacy document highlights the burden, risks and prevention of injuries and violence, which took the lives of 4.4 million people in 2019 and constitute 8% of all deaths. Among the injury-related causes of death include road traffic crashes, drowning, falls, burns, poisoning and violence against oneself or others. For people age 5-29 years, three of the top five causes of death are injury-related, including road traffic injuries, homicide, and suicide. Injuries and violence are not evenly distributed across or within countries – some people are more vulnerable than others depending on the conditions in which they are born, grow, work, live and age; in general, being young, male and of low socioeconomic status all increase the risk of injury. This document, aimed at public health professionals; injury prevention researchers, practitioners and advocates; and donors, draws attention to specific strategies based on sound scientific evidence that are effective and cost-effective at preventing injuries and violence; it is critical that these strategies are more widely implemented. (From the website). Record #7952

978-92-4-004713-6 (electronic version


ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM
BURNS
CHILD ABUSE
CHILD HOMICIDE
DROWNING
FALLS
HOMICIDE
INJURY PREVENTION
INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
STATISTICS
SUICIDE
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WOUNDS AND INJURIES


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