Question

CA Report: Burden of Chronic Disease and Injury

What are some statistics that stand out to you? What are some policy changes that could be made (or have been made) to contribute to improving this statistic?

Answer 1

Injuries continue to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed and developing world. The decline in rates

for almost all injuries is so prominent that it warrants a general statement that the world is becoming a safer place to live in.

However, the patterns vary widely by cause, age, sex, region and time and there are still large improvements that need to be

made.

we estimated that million (uncertainty interval to ) people sustained injuries that warranted some type of

healthcare and million people died from injuries. Major causes of injury death were road injury, self-harm

, falls and interpersonal violence . Of the people who sustained injuries that warranted some

type of healthcare, warranted inpatient care, of whom sustained fractures. Of the patients who warranted

outpatient care sustained minor injuries.