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Injury is a continuing public health problem that has reached epidemic proportions.  Injury is the fourth leading cause of death in both the U.S. and West Virginia and is the leading cause of death among those under age 45. Every year in West Virginia, about 1200 people die from injuries, another 17,250 are hospitalized, and as many as 225,000 are treated in hospital emergency departments. Death, paralysis, amputation, brain damage, loss of sight, and other serious injuries occur on a daily basis to our friends, relatives and co-workers and have resulted in huge public health and economic burdens. West Virginia University's Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) is aggressively addressing these issues and in September 2004 was designated as one of 12 CDC-funded Centers of Excellence in injury research