Suicide, Not Car Crashes, #1 Cause of Injury Death

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By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News
Originally published September 20, 2012

Suicide has overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the U.S.

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The top five leading causes of injury-related deaths were:

1. Suicide
2. Motor vehicle crashes
3. Poisoning
4. Falls
5. Homicide

Researchers say the findings demonstrate that suicide is now a global public health issue.

"Our finding that suicide now accounts for more deaths than do traffic crashes echoes similar findings for the European Union, Canada, and China," they write.

Researchers say deaths from unintentional poisoning rose, in part, because of a sharp rise in prescription drug overdoses.

The entire article is here.