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QuickStats : Death Rates for Three Selected Causes of Injury — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1979–2012
  • Published Date:

    November 21 2014

  • Source:
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014; 63(46):1095
  • Series:
    QuickStats
  • Language:
    English
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  • Alternative Title:
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
  • Personal Author:
  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
  • Description:
    In 2012, a total of 41,502 drug poisoning deaths, 34,935 motor vehicle traffic deaths, and 33,563 firearm deaths occurred. The age-adjusted death rate for drug poisoning more than quadrupled from 3.0 per 100,000 in 1979 to 13.1 in 2012. In contrast, the age-adjusted rate dropped from 22.1 to 10.9 for motor vehicle traffic deaths and from 14.7 to 10.5 for firearm deaths during this period. The age-adjusted drug poisoning death rate exceeded the motor vehicle traffic death rate beginning in 2009. Source: CDC WONDER, compressed mortality file, underlying cause-of-death, available at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortsql.html. Reported by: Li-Hui Chen, PhD; Andrew Fenelon.
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  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC5779500
  • Document Type:
    Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • Collection(s):
    Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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