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18 People Die Hourly Due to Injury

Late last year, I wrote about the various common sense ways you can avoid deadly and unintentional household tragedies. From the numbers I read today in a CDC report, however, not very many people got the message... An astonishing 18 people die AN HOUR due to injuries in the U.S., according to the first government report of its kind on fatal and non-fatal injuries. That translated into 157,000 people in 2001, with no age group, gender or race exempt. Other important facts from the...