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Falls accounted for 26% of initial emergency department visits for injuries while injuries resulting from being struck by or against an object or a person accounted for 13% and motor vehicle traffic accidents accounted for 12% in 2004-2005. Source: CDC/NCHS, Bergen G,Chen LH, Warner M, Fingerhut LA. Injury in the United States: 2007. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008