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Causes of death (E&W 2010)

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  • Started 11 years ago by Wilmington's Cow
  • Latest reply from chdot

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  1. Following on from the pavement cycling thread, and Dave's comment that there are plenty things more likely to kill you than a pavement cyclist... Interesting article from the Guardian here on deaths in England and Wales in 2010.

    So, things that kill more than 2 people a year (which, coincidentally, is the exact number of pedestrians killed in collision with pedal cyclists in 2010).

    3 - Bitten by dog
    5 - Pedestrian in collision with motorbike
    5 - Accidental suffocation in bed
    5 - Contact with hornets, bees and wasps
    7 - Bitten by other mammal
    29 - Drowning in the bath
    39 - Pedestrian hit by train
    53 - Fall from a ladder
    55 - Pedestrian in collision with lorry or bus
    91 - Fall from, out of, or through (?) building
    129 - Exposure to 'forces of nature'
    133 - Pedestrian in collision with car or van
    188 - Alcohol poisoning
    203 - Car occupant in collision with stationary object
    214 - Accidental hanging/strangulation
    319 - Assault
    433 - Medical complications
    808 - Car occupant in 'transport accident'
    3,377 - Intentional self-harm

    Posted 11 years ago #
  2. kaputnik
    Moderator

    NOO estimated for E&W in 2010;

    Obesity-related - 42,900 (8.7% of all deaths)
    Smoking-related - 49,000 (10% of all deaths)

    Posted 11 years ago #
  3. chdot
    Admin

    Lifestyle choice - just like cycling...

    Posted 11 years ago #

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