Breakdown of all Fatal Injuries Worldwide.

[HellBoy]

Source: World Health Organization
...figures are for 2002, the latest available.

..it would appear that we ALL would be better off if we diverted all the "war angst" and "political unrest" in this forum into an effort to drive more safely.... go figure!

 

[Smokemon]

that's wild,I can't believe suicide is such a large chunk of the pie.

 

[HellBoy]

..that IS kinda wierd! I wonder what country leads in suicide... the US possibly??

 

[wisc2]

Starvation?...Lack of med care...where do these fall?

 

[YourHighness]

wisc2-OTHER. There should be a "I tried some dumb ass shit but I didn't THINK it would KILL me" slice."War" is violent and "Poisoning" could be cut-up into the Accidents, Suicide and Violence slice. Poisoning occurs in only 2 ways. Accidentally or on purpose. We need the updated 2003 version.

 

[ken]

Starvation?...Lack of med care...where do these fall?

they arent injuries, this is just fatal injuries.

disease (including cancer & heart disease), starvation & old age probably account for many more deaths.

 

[YourHighness]

Good point ken.

 

[PhatMan]

..that IS kinda wierd! I wonder what country leads in suicide... the US possibly??

Looks like South India, here is the web page, tho it only talks about 10-19yrs of age.

http://www.nrilinks.com/news/n/13/10510.aspx