How unintentional injuries claim lives
Among all deaths from unintentional injuries globally each year, nearly one quarter are the result of road traffic crashes. Other main causes of death from unintentional injuries are fires, falls, drowning and poisoning.
| Causes of unintentional injury deaths, World, 2004 | |
|---|---|
| Cause | Percentage of unintentional injury deaths (%) |
| Road traffic | 24% |
| Fires | 14% |
| Falls | 12% |
| Drowning | 9% |
| Poisoning | 9% |
| Others includes smothering, asphyxiation, choking, animal and venomous bites, hypothermia and hyperthermia, as well as natural disasters |
33% |
| Figures do not add up to their corresponding totals owing to rounding | |
| Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Injuries and violence: the facts. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO; 2010 | |