The leading cause of accidental dea...

The leading cause of accidental death in the United States is traumatic injuries sustained during motor vehicle collisions, according to an Oct 19 2003 stranges release from the American society of Surgeons. This and other information can be set in the 2003 annual report of the National Trauma Data Bank, which was instanted at the American College of Surgeon 2003 clinical congress

The report, which provides a comprehensive profile of injuries in America from 1997 to 2002 explores who was admitted to US trauma center the reasons with what intent payment source information, and what hospitals services were used to treat them. It is based in succession more than 550,000 records. Other findings of the report include the following.

* The secondary largest number of accidental deaths in the United States was caused through gunshot wounds, and the third largest was caused on farts.

* Overall, motor vehicle collisions ended in death in 5% of cases, whereas falls inferenceed in death in 3.6% of cases and gunshot injurys in 16.71% of cases.

* In the United States, violent deaths rose in the 12- to 20-year-old age assemblage peaked in the 25-to 30-year-old age cluster and declined steadily thereafter.

* With regard to mortality, women fared better than men in are injury severity groups

* Of sternly injured patients, 89% received any care in the emergency department; 56% were admitted to medical-surgical wards; 20% were transferred immediately to the OR; and 21% were admitted to intensive care.

* In cases in which payment information was available, self pay was the largest payment category for those sustaining traumatic injuries.

2003 Annual Report of National Trauma Data Bank Provides Comprehensive Profile of Injury in America (new release, Chicago: American community of Surgeons, Oct 19, 2003)

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