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WebMD - Suicide, Not Car Crashes, #1 Cause of Injury Death

WebMD - Suicide has overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the U.S. “Comprehensive and sustained traffic safety measures have apparently substantially diminished the motor vehicle traffic mortality rate, and similar attention and resources are needed to reduce the burden of other injury,” researcher Ian Rockett, PhD, MPH of West Virginia University and colleagues write in the American Journal of Public Health.

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20120920/suicide-top-cause-of-injury-death