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National Injury & Violence Prevention Research Conference
Urban/Rural Death rates from unintentional injuries and suicides are highest in the most rural counties while homicide rates are highest in the most urban counties. 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 Diagnosis Types In 2004-2005, fractures were the leading diagnosis for hospital discharges for injury accounting for 53% of all injuries, followed by system-wide injuries (16%), and internal organ injuries (12%). 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
The Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) is devoted to promoting scholarly activity in injury control and addressing issues relevant to the prevention, acute care and rehabilitation of traumatic injury. These aims are achieved through our Committees, Councils, member activities in research, research dissemination, program development, conferences, education and training. SAVIR seeks to:
SAVIR’s uniqueness stems from the challenge of promoting cohesion, shared knowledge, collaboration and an integrative approach between groups and individuals working in different specialties across the spectrum of injury prevention and control research. SAVIR's Official Journal is Injury Prevention, a member of the BMJ Publishing Group.
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