Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death among teenagers, the second leading cause of death among children and is one of the five leading causes of death among adults in Multnomah County. Unintentional injuries are common causes are sluchaynymi.Naibolee traffic accidents, poisoning, fires, drowning and falls. Unintentional injury death rates are the same for Multnomah County, Oregon, and the United States.
According to a new report issued by Multnomah County Health Department, Multnomah: unintentional injuries, violence, and premature death:
African American and Hispanic unintentional injury death rate declined significantly between 1991-1995 and 2001-2005 periody.Afroamerikantsev decreased from 49 per 100,000 to 34 per 100,000, and Hispanics dropped from 42 per 100,000 to 25 per 100,000.
In recent years, the mortality rate due to unintentional injuries for African Americans (34 per 100,000) and Hispanics (25 per 100,000 population) was lower than the rate for white non-Hispanics (38 per 100,000).
Rates of vehicle-related deaths decreased by 19% in Multnomah County between 1991 and 2005 godah.Snizhenie was noted in all racial and ethnic groups.
More than three quarters of unintentional injuries due to falls were among adults age 75 and older in 2001-2005.
In Multnomah County homicide rates were consistently higher among blacks than other races / ethnic groups, but among African-Americans dropped by more than 50% since the beginning of the 1990s, with a high level of 46 per 100,000 in 1991-1995 to 17 per 100,000 in 2001-2005.
By Multnomah County Health Department Director Lillian Shirley, "a decline in homicides in African American and Hispanic population is very good news as the reduction of vehicle-related deaths. Public health will continue to explore how public policy and education can affect unintentional injuries."
According to a new report issued by Multnomah County Health Department, Multnomah: unintentional injuries, violence, and premature death:
African American and Hispanic unintentional injury death rate declined significantly between 1991-1995 and 2001-2005 periody.Afroamerikantsev decreased from 49 per 100,000 to 34 per 100,000, and Hispanics dropped from 42 per 100,000 to 25 per 100,000.
In recent years, the mortality rate due to unintentional injuries for African Americans (34 per 100,000) and Hispanics (25 per 100,000 population) was lower than the rate for white non-Hispanics (38 per 100,000).
Rates of vehicle-related deaths decreased by 19% in Multnomah County between 1991 and 2005 godah.Snizhenie was noted in all racial and ethnic groups.
More than three quarters of unintentional injuries due to falls were among adults age 75 and older in 2001-2005.
In Multnomah County homicide rates were consistently higher among blacks than other races / ethnic groups, but among African-Americans dropped by more than 50% since the beginning of the 1990s, with a high level of 46 per 100,000 in 1991-1995 to 17 per 100,000 in 2001-2005.
By Multnomah County Health Department Director Lillian Shirley, "a decline in homicides in African American and Hispanic population is very good news as the reduction of vehicle-related deaths. Public health will continue to explore how public policy and education can affect unintentional injuries."
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