Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes as a Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.: Summary of the 1997 Mortality Experience and Traffic Crash Fatality Trend From 1992 to 1997
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2000-06-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00797070
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Abstract:The National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) recently completed a study of data on the causes of death for all persons, by age and sex, which occurred in the U.S. in 1997. The purpose of this study was to examine the status of motor vehicle traffic crashes as a leading cause of death. The data on the causes of death for 1997 were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The NCHS data for 1997 were studied to determine where deaths related to traffic crashes ranked as a cause of death for all ages, for males and females, and for various ethnic groups. Findings are reported in this Research Note. 2 p.
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