Two new WHO publications highlight that injuries kill more than five million people world-wide each year, accounting for nearly 1 of every 10 deaths globally. In addition, tens of millions of people visit emergency departments annually due to injury. Whether they are unintentional - resulting from incidents such as road traffic collisions, drowning or falls - or intentional - following an assault, suicide or war-related violence - injuries affect people of all ages and economic groups. The Injury Chartbook and Injury: A Leading Cause of the Global Burden of Disease - both reveal some striking findings on the nature and extent of death and illness as a result of injury. These publications compare the different types of injuries people suffer globally, and compare injuries to other leading causes of death. (Author/publisher)
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