Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (1966) / Chapter Skim
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The Magnitude of the Problem
The Magnitude of the Problem
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Deaths from traffic injuries have increased annually; 10,000 more were killed in 1965 than in 1955, and the increase from 1964 to 1965 was 3 percent. Seventy percent of the motor vehicle deaths occurred in rural areas and in communities with populations under 2500.~ Despite increasing mechanization, death rates from work accidents in manufacturing have decreased in the past 33 years, from approximately 37 accidental deaths per 100,000 workers in 1933 to a rate of 20 per 100,000 in 1965.~ This reduction is due largely to education, training, and surveillance of industrial workers, and elimination of hazardous machinery in industrial plants.
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,000 with varying degrees of impaired · · ~ v~s~on. Costs In 1965, accident costs totaled about $18 billion, including wage losses of $5.3 billion, medical expenses of $1.8 billion, administrative and claim settlements of $3.6 billion, property loss in fires of $1.4 billion, property damage in motor-vehicle accidents of $3.1 billion, and indirect cost of work accidents of $2.8 billion.
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