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1999
Massachusetts Injury Rates
According
to a Report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Injury
Surveillance Program, 1999 Residents Treated & Released from
Emergency Rooms Report, Massachusetts’ citizens are:
| 783
times more likely to be injured in a fall,
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389
times more likely to be cut or stabbed,
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| 386
times more likely to be injured in an automobile accident,
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367
times more likely to be hospitalized from overexertion,
|
| 57
times more likely to be poisoned,
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54
times more likely to be burned,
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| 51
times more likely to be injured in a bicycle accident,
and
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43
times more likely to be bitten by a dog,
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than
they are being injured by a firearm.
(This
report does not separate injuries from legally owned firearms versus illegally
owned firearms.)
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