The United Sportsmen of Florida has conducted extensive research into the types of firearm accidents and the number of
accidental deaths related to firearm use.
This spike in gun sales, and thus likely increased access and exposure to guns, prompted the researchers to explore whether there was a similar spike in
accidental deaths related to firearms.
Not exact matches
In 2013, our gun -
related deaths included 21,175 suicides, 11,208 homicides and 505
deaths caused by
accidental discharge.
Working in a factory farm, slaughterhouse, or meat processing facility, brings some of the highest risk of serious job -
related injuries including amputations and
accidental death.
For reporting purposes, a pregnancy -
related death is defined as the
death of a woman while pregnant or within 1 year of pregnancy termination — regardless of the duration or site of the pregnancy — from any cause
related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from
accidental or incidental causes.
According to Combs, the two main causes of sleep -
related infant
deaths are
accidental smothering with a blanket, pillow or other soft item, and adults rolling on top of babies while sharing a bed.
According to nonprofit Safe Kids Worldwide, the seven hazards below are the top causes of
accidental, injury -
related death in kids age 14 and under in the United States.
The distinction between SIDS and other SUIDs, particularly those that occur during an observed or unobserved sleep period (sleep -
related infant
deaths), such as
accidental suffocation, is challenging and can not usually be determined by autopsy alone.
However, such soft bedding can increase the potential of suffocation and rebreathing.54, 56,57,179, — , 181 Pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, and other soft surfaces are hazardous when placed under the infant62, 147,182, — , 187 or left loose in the infant's sleep area62, 65,184,185,188, — , 191 and can increase SIDS risk up to fivefold independent of sleep position.62, 147 Several reports have also described that in many SIDS cases, the heads of the infants, including some infants who slept supine, were covered by loose bedding.65, 186,187,191 It should be noted that the risk of SIDS increases 21-fold when the infant is placed prone with soft bedding.62 In addition, soft and loose bedding have both been associated with
accidental suffocation
deaths.149 The CPSC has reported that the majority of sleep -
related infant
deaths in its database are attributable to suffocation involving pillows, quilts, and extra bedding.192, 193 The AAP recommends that infants sleep on a firm surface without any soft or loose bedding.
The distinction between SIDS and other SUIDs, particularly those that occur during an observed or unobserved sleep period (sleep -
related infant
deaths), such as
accidental suffocation, is challenging and can not be determined by autopsy alone.
Bed - sharing, the unsafe practice in which parents sleep in the same bed as their babies, is associated with sleep -
related deaths in infants, including sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS) and
accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed.
Less infants die from all other top ten causes of
accidental injury
death combined than from sleep -
related accidental suffocation, sleep - deprived mothers driving with their babies in the car off the cliff included.
The walk is free, but a $ 5 or $ 10 donation is encouraged; the money will go to local mental health groups chosen by families affected by depression -
related deaths or
accidental overdoses.
Increasingly, such potent opioids are claiming the lives of young adults aged 20 - 34 and, for the first time, have made opioid -
related deaths the leading cause of
accidental deaths, surpassing motor vehicle accidents and gun violence, 2015 National Center for Health Statistics data show.
Binge drinking is a major public health issue because it is an important risk factor for alcohol -
related injuries,
accidental death, unsafe sexual behaviour, and long - term substance abuse problems.
They found that the
death rate among the group which had suffered the adversity -
related injuries was twice as high as the youngsters who had suffered the
accidental injuries.
According to the National Blueprint for Injury Prevention In Older Drivers, driving -
related deaths are the leading cause of
accidental deaths for Canadians aged 65 to 75 years of age.
Bed - sharing, the unsafe practice in which parents sleep in the same bed as their babies, is associated with sleep -
related deaths in infants, including sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS) and
accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed.
(The World Health Organization defines a maternal
death as one that occurs during pregnancy or within 42 days of its end and that is not
accidental but
related to the pregnancy itself.)
Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially license
Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed air
Death does not include
death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed air
death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly
related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an
accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially license
accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.
Since the deer did not directly kill the person, this is an auto
related accidental death.
They also offer coverage for
accidental death (as opposed to
death from a medical condition) from day 1 and you don't have to answer any health -
related questions to get them.
Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially license
Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed air
Death does not include
death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed air
death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly
related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an
accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially license
accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.
Accidental life insurance does not cover you for disease or life insurance
related deaths.
What's important to point out is that the wording on an AD&D rider can be very specific when it comes to what qualifies as an
accidental death, as well as additional parameters
relating to when the
death must actually occur after the accident in order for there to be a payout.
Accidental Death Coverage — An option on an insurance policy that will pay a beneficiary in the event that the policy holder should die due to accident
related injuries.
Accidents involving work
related machinery, poisoning, falls, suffocation, choking, drowning, and fires generally are covered by an
accidental death and dismemberment policy.
Accidental death coverage provides payment to the insured's designated beneficiary in the event that someone who is covered on that auto insurance policy dies from accident -
related injuries.
There may be other exclusions such as, if you are driving a car you have a heart attack which causes a car accident and you die in that accident, or if an
accidental death is due to illegal drugs or
related to alcohol use, it would typically be excluded.
This plan can also be further «customized» by adding various riders such as the children's term rider the disability waiver of premium rider, the
accidental death benefit rider, and / or a travel accident rider that provides an additional amount of coverage if the insured dies as the result of a travel
related accident.
Primary accident and sickness medical coverage,
accidental death and dismemberment, emergency medical evacuation, repatriation, political evacuation, emergency travel assistance and other non medical
related benefits.
GeoBlue Trekker Choice provides travel
related benefits such as emergency reunion, emergency medical evacuation and repatriation, return of mortal remains, and
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D).
There are many variations among Mississippi Life Insurance polices
relating to claim procedures,
death benefit disbursements, and coverages for
accidental death and suicide.
Credit card benefits may cover the costs
related to accidents which occur during a flight, car rental damage or
accidental death while travelling, but typically only when the travel purchase (s) was made via the card.
The
accidental death clause stipulates the pertinent details
related to the benefits to be received following the
accidental death of the policyholder.
Now the downside of these types of policies is pretty clear (no coverage for «natural illness
related deaths» such as cancer heart disease, stroke etc...), but they will provide solid coverage against
accidental causes of
death, and their relative affordability certainly make them worth looking at in our opinion.
Mutual of Omaha's Guaranteed ADvantage
Accidental Death Insurance can provide you up to $ 500,000 in accidental death coverage and covers you whether death is a result of work or non-wor
Accidental Death Insurance can provide you up to $ 500,000 in accidental death coverage and covers you whether death is a result of work or non-work rel
Death Insurance can provide you up to $ 500,000 in
accidental death coverage and covers you whether death is a result of work or non-wor
accidental death coverage and covers you whether death is a result of work or non-work rel
death coverage and covers you whether
death is a result of work or non-work rel
death is a result of work or non-work
related.
The
accidental death policy does not cover
deaths from health
related causes.
Where non-Indigenous people are more likely to be at risk of post-release
death from
accidental drug overdose, particularly opioids, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to die from alcohol -
related harms, preventable health conditions and suicide.
It is possible that the greater proportion of
accidental poisoning
deaths in males (see Figures 8 and 9 below) contributes to this steeper increase in
deaths related to drug misuse as compared to females.