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Suffocation
Suffocation is the seventh leading cause of death
by injury
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General Info
Suffocation
Facts for Native Americans  (pdf-229KB) Atlas
of Injury Mortality-Native American Suffocation per 100,000, Ages 0-19, IHS Areas,
1989-1998. |
Suffocation-A
Method for Suicide
(pdf-109 KB) In 2001, suicide was the third leading cause of death among persons aged 10--19 years. The most common method of suicide in this age group was by firearm (49%), followed by suffocation (mostly hanging) (38%). |
Agriculture
and Suffocation
For the period 1985 through 1989, the leading causes of grain and silage handling deaths was suffocation under grain or silage or by gases in bins or silos. Link here to the booklet Safe Grain and Silage Handling.
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