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I should have qualified with "#2 cause of accidental death." And as your link shows, "accidental death" is the #1 overall cause of death for children. So it's
by ef4 10y ago
I should have qualified with "#2 cause of accidental death."
And as your link shows, "accidental death" is the #1 overall cause of death for children.
So it's the #2 category of the #1 category of risk.
- brightball 10y agoCould you point me to that? I still can't find it.
- ef4 10y agohttp://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2013/7/24/FA-5548.pdf http://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2013/7/24/FA-5548.pdf "Safety in Numbers: Are Major Cities the Safest Places in the United States?" by Myers et al, Annals of Emergency Medicine
- brightball 10y agoThe statistic measured is "injury death rate" which explains the qualifier a little bit better and makes perfect sense. That's a fairly narrow field. If a physical injury is to lead to death, having somebody else around to find you and provide aid / get you to a hospital is going to be less likely the more spread out people are.