The Trust for America’s Health recently released The Facts Hurt: A State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report, a presentation that includes state-by-state injury death rates and rankings and a report card for how well states scored on ten key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries. Topics in this report include seat belts, drunk driving, motorcycle helmets, domestic violence, prescription drug abuse, and concussions in youth sports.
The report found that 24 states scored a five or lower on a set of 10 key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries. Two states, California and New York, received the highest score of nine out of a possible 10, while two states scored the lowest, Montana and Ohio, with two out of 10.
The Facts Hurt report, released by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented each year if more states adopted additional research-based injury prevention policies and if programs were fully implemented and enforced.
The report was developed in partnership with leading injury prevention experts from the Safe States Alliance and the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research.
Media report:
To access the full report, please visit:
State reports for the New England states:
The Facts Hurt: Connecticut had the Fifth Lowest Rate of Injury Deaths in U.S.
The Facts Hurt: Maine had the 31st Highest Rate of Injury Deaths in U.S.
The Facts Hurt: Massachusetts had the Third Lowest Rate of Injury Deaths in U.S.
The Facts Hurt: New Hampshire had the Eighth Lowest Rate of Injury Deaths in U.S.
The Facts Hurt: Rhode Island had the Ninth Lowest Rate of Injury Deaths in U.S.
The Facts Hurt: Vermont had the 23rd Highest Rate of Injury Deaths in U.S.
Background information:
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment