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Injuries are not Accidents. This is a common statement spoken
by injury research professionals. The basis for this statement
lies in our understanding that injuries most often occur to
certain risk groups and are fairly predictable in their
occurrence (whether it be to certain persons, at certain times,
or in common locations). Whereas, with accidents, events are
generally random in nature. For example, in motor vehicle
accidents there are common observations that crash risks are
higher among males, and among the young, and increases in the
very old. We see here that the age relationship is fairly
consistent across several countries.
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