Report: Accidental deaths on the rise
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The nation's accidental death rate has been gradually creeping higher and is up 12 percent compared to the lowest rate on record, in 1992, according to a report released Thursday by the National Safety Council.
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The number of deaths in the United States rose in 2005 after a sharp decline the year earlier, a disappointing reversal that suggests the 2004 numbers were a fluke. Cancer deaths were also up.
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A study of 95 urban areas in the US showed that a small increase of the smog level leads to a slight rise in deaths. A study of 95 US urban areas found that a small increase in the average smog level over
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A new report reveals an alarming rise in fatal or debilitating prescription drug-related side effects and raises serious questions about basic medical safety practices.
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Increases in air ozone levels may contribute to the deaths of thousands of Americans each year, new nationwide statistics suggest.
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A government safety crackdown helped cut the number of deaths in China&#39;s accident-plagued coal mines by 13 per cent in the first nine months of this year, but fatalities in other industries rose, the government said Thursday.
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The number of drug related deaths in Scotland rises by a quarter, according to new figures.
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The number of children dying from abuse could be much higher than previously thought, the NSPCC says.
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The World Health Organization has warned that by 2020, heart disease and stroke will become the leading cause of both death and disability worldwide, with the number of fatalities projected to increase to over 20 million a year and by 2030 to over 24
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TUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Statistics suggest Americans are more likely to die at the start of each month than any other time, and now researchers think they've found one possible culprit: mistakes in prescription drug use.
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U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.
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A 10-ppb (parts per billion) increase in daily ozone levels is associated with an increase in the number of deaths in large US urban communities, according to a new study.
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Unintentional fatal drug overdoses in the United States nearly doubled from 1999 to 2004, overtaking falls to become the nation's second-leading cause of accidental death, behind automobile crashes, the government reported.
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Suicides among children and young  adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, the largest rise  in 15 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention reported on Thursday.
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A study published today finds that the amount of time people spend in traffic could actually increase their risk of suffering a heart attack.
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BAGHDAD - Civilian deaths rose in August to their second-highest monthly level this year, according to figures compiled yesterday by the Associated Press. That raises questions about whether US strategy is working days before Congress receives landmark reports that will decide the course of the war.
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Homicide figures released by the Scottish Government reveal a rise in deaths in the last year.