CDC releases statistics regarding causes of unintentional injury

The Centers for Disease Control released the results of its study of the most common causes of emergency room treatment in hospitals for the 2007 calendar year.  For all age groups except one, the leading cause of emergency room treatment was slip and fall accidents.  In the one age group (ages 15-24) where it was not the leading cause, it was second.

It was a little surprising to see that fall accidents were more common that car crashes as a cause of hospital treatment, but it does serve as proof that many people suffer serious injuries as a result of falls.