@article{ref1,
title="Recent trends in mortality from unintentional injury in the United States",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="2006",
author="Paulozzi, Leonard J. and Ballesteros, Michael F. and Stevens, Judy A.",
volume="37",
number="3",
pages="277-283",
abstract="Introduction: Recent observations suggest that the unintentional injury mortality rate may be increasing in the United States for the first time since 1979. Method: This study examined trends in unintentional injury mortality by sex, race, mechanism, and age group to better understand these increases. Results: From 1992 to 2002, mortality increased 11.0% (6.5% for males, 18.5% for females). The mortality rate increased 16.5% among whites, but declined among African Americans and other races. Rates among whites exceeded rates among African Americans for the first time since 1998. Fall rates increased 39.5% from 1992 to 2002, and poisoning rates increased 121.5%. Motor-vehicle rates did not increase overall. Rates in age groups from 40-64 years of age increased for falls, poisoning, and motor-vehicle crashes. Only fall rates increased for the 65+ age group. Conclusions: These results raise the issue of whether these increases have one or more risk factors in common, such as recent increases in the use of alcohol and prescription drugs.",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="10.1016/j.jsr.2006.02.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2006.02.004"
}