- Author
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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Title
- Accidental Deaths, 1967. Reports of the Epidemiology and Surveillance of Injuries. No. FY 71-R3.
- Coporate
- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC
- Report
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No. FY 71-R3
September 1970
21 p.
- Keywords
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injuries
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accidents
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death
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statistics
- Abstract
- Final figures for the number of accidental deaths for 1967 show a 1 percent decrease from 1966. Since the number of deaths from causes other than accidents, however, also show a decrease, there may be a general, overriding cause of the decrease in their number of deaths from all causes, including specific accidents. The number of deaths from motor vehicles decreases slightly; however, this was in contrast to the preceding 5 years when there were increases. This decrease may have been because of the great amount of publicity concerning motor vehicles during the year. Preliminary data for 1968 and 1969 indicate that this decrease was not the beginning of a trend.