Preventing Home and Recreational-Related Injuries | |
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CDC is working to prevent home and recreation-related injuries through research projects and nearly 30 grants and cooperative agreements. Priority areas include injuries caused by residential fires, falls among older adults, and supervision of children. Additional areas of activity include sports and recreation-related injuries, including drowning prevention, and unintentional poisonings. Fire-Related Injury Prevention Residential fires accounted for 76% of fire-related injuries and 79% of fire-related deaths in 2002; in this year alone, more than 401,000 home fires in the United States claimed the lives of 2,670 people and injured another 14,050(Karter 2003). Those at greatest risk of sustaining fire-related injuries are adults age65 years and older and children ages five years and younger; African Americans, American Indian/Alaska Natives; rural dwellers; and persons living in substandard housing or manufactured homes (CDC 1998; Runyan et al. 1992; Parker et al. 1993)
Programs Smoke alarm installation and
fire-safety education —
Challenge: To eliminate residential
fire deaths by 2020 —
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