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Facts

Leading Mechanisms
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


Success Stories

SAVIR interviewed researchers at CDC funded and other injury/violence centers about their research accomplishments that have had an identifiable impact on the public health and financial effects of injury and violence. These narratives were used to document the cost effectiveness of research in injury and violence control. SAVIR used this material on this web site and for distribution of public education efforts through other media.