Sentences with phrase «death than accidents»

According to the Nevada Department of Transportation, motorcycle accidents were more likely to cause injury or death than accidents involving just four - door sedans.

Not exact matches

Other than accidents and suicides, the top 10 leading causes of death encompass stroke, Alzheimer's, diabetes, the flu and pneumonia, and kidney disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

And other than auto accidents, gun violence is the leading cause of death of people under 20.

It is no accident that in Gerbner «s TV - violence profile, lower class and nonwhite characters are especially prone to victimization, are more violent than their middle class counterparts, and pay a high price for engaging in violence (jail, death).12.

It is no accident that in the Gerbner TV - violence profile, lower - class and nonwhite characters are depicted as especially prone to victimization, as more violent than their middle - class counterparts, as paying a high price for engaging in violence (jail, death).

It's like if someone said that using a car seat decreased child death in car accidents by X % and someone asking, but how many times did the car seat do more damage than good due to malfunction?

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

It is similar to inventing cars that can be driven too fast and then, when the speed causes accidents and deaths, rather than change the cars or retrain the drivers, we invent speed bumps.

No fewer than 18 people were burnt to death in a road accident that occurred on Ondo / Ore Expressway at Igushin town in Ondo West local government...

Prescription overdoses are now responsible for killing more Americans than cocaine and heroin combined, and have moved past traffic accidents as the leading cause of death nationwide, according to Shimsky.

According to the institute's research, the probability of adult men dying early from traffic accidents or cerebrovascular disease more than halved between 1970 and 2006, while death by suicide held relatively steady through the years.

The second question is more difficult to answer than it might seem because the low prevalence of cancer and diabetes in Laron patients is counterbalanced by an abnormally high risk of death from other causes, especially accidents, alcohol, and convulsive disorders.

«Substance - related problems such as binge drinking, driving under the influence of alcohol, and risky sexual behavior are more important than others due to their association with reckless driving, automobile accidents, physical injuries and even death, as well as risk for sexually transmitted disease and unplanned pregnancy.»

The skinny on fat: Too little is more dangerous than too much Overweight people are at no greater risk than normal - weight folks of dying from heart disease or cancer and are actually less likely to fall prey to some other causes of death, such as accidents and Alzheimer's, according to freshly analyzed data on 2.3 million adults 25 years and older as of 2004.

«People with depression also are at higher risk for suicide, which accounts for more deaths than car accidents, natural disasters and war each year on average.

Add the 88,000 alcohol - related deaths in the United States each year and you get a figure that's more than double the annual number of deaths from auto accidents and gun violence combined.

The rate of stimulant use, particularly in the accident - related deaths, was lower than expected, he says.

«And its probably safer to be running in these races than driving in a car if you think about the number of deaths from traffic accidents.»

In any case, no study has ever offered direct proof that soy can prevent heart disease and in most of the major studies in which cholesterol levels were lowered through either diet or drugs, a greater number of deaths occurred in the treatment groups than in controls, deaths from stroke, cancer, intestinal disorders, accidents and suicide.

Dr Jody Stanislaw, ND Sneaky Sugar Sugar is hiding everywhere in today's widely - accepted diet, but meanwhile its devastating effects are creating more deaths than automobile accidents.

He might have added that studies in which cholesterol levels were lowered through either diet or drugs have consistently resulted in a greater number of deaths in the treatment groups than in controls - deaths from stroke, cancer, intestinal disorders, accident and suicide.

There is no greater risk of heart disease at cholesterol levels of 300 than at 180, and people with cholesterol levels below 180 are at greater risk of death from other causes, such as cancer, intestinal diseases, accidents, violence and suicide.5 In other words, it's much more dangerous to have cholesterol levels that are too low than cholesterol levels that are too high.

Though none of the Laron group died of these two age - related diseases, they didn't live any longer than their unaffected relatives — instead, the study found they had higher rates of death from various accidents and alcohol - related issues.

During principal photography on Death Cure, O'Brien was hurt in an accident on set, which led to production being shut down when it was determined his injuries were more severe than initially believed.

More than 80 per cent of preventable deaths up to the age of 19 are caused by accidents.

Human error causes more than 90 % of car accidents, leading to more than 30,000 deaths in the U.S. annually.

WASHINGTON — Chrysler announced the recall of 1.6 million Jeep Grand Cherokee sport - utility vehicles Thursday in response to a series of accidents in which the vehicles unexpectedly lurched into reverse, causing at least five deaths and more than 150 injuries.

WASHINGTON — Chrysler announced the recall of 1.6 million Jeep Grand Cherokee sport - utility vehicles Thursday in response to a series of accidents in which the vehicles lurched into reverse, causing at least five deaths and more than 150 injuries.

Yes, I suppose it is more a tragic accident than a murder, and, like so many things, the coverup was probably more of the crime than the death itself.

It's typically less expensive than traditional life insurance, since you're unlikely to actually die due to an accident (since mishaps account for only about 5 % of deaths).

By and large, accidents involving damage to property are more common than those that lead to deaths or injuries.

If death or injury occurs more than three months after an accident, the benefit might not be paid out because the resulting death or injury was outside the specified insurance policy time frame.

Other benefits include accidental death, which provides benefits when death occurs as a result of an accident, family plan for insured spouse and children, disability waiver of premium, which waives the premium payments if the insured becomes disabled for more than 6 months and mortgage payment disability benefit which offers money to continue making payments if the insured individuals becomes disabled for 60 days or longer.

It is actually better for a Florida dive shop to have 5 unsupervised diving deaths a year than have 1 minor supervised diving accident (where, say, a diver has to go to a dive chamber for a few hours treatment, full recovery, and sues dive shop for 50million for «pain and suffering caused»).

Hartzler is an opponent of gun control, who wrote after the Sandy Hook shooting that «banning guns isn't the answer to preventing violence any more than banning cars would be the answer» to deaths from car accidents.

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident, which exposed nearby Pennsylvania residents to a level of radiation less than the natural annual background level, will cause few if any deaths.

Intrusion of cold, arctic air the second half of February due to the mean storm track being farther south than normal resulted in winter weather as far south as Kentucky and Tennessee that sadly resulted in the deaths of 30 individuals due to car accidents, hypothermia, and carbon monoxide.

For example, auto accidents on icy roads has to cause more deaths than any hot weather impact on travel.

Freese shows that coal emissions kill about 30,000 people a year, causing nearly as many deaths as traffic accidents and more than homicides and AIDS.

Analysis of the emissions shows that air pollution from coal plants is now linked to more deaths than road traffic accidents in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.

And while the verdict on Fukushima is still not definitive, the latest report on the accident predicts no direct deaths and a much lower exposure to radiation for the surrounding population than that purported to lead to fatal cancers.

While the numbers of drivers and miles traveled are higher than ever before, injuries and deaths due to auto accidents are at their lowest rate in 40 years.

Because of the massive size and weight of 18 - wheelers, truck accidents result in severe injury and death more often than other motor vehicle accidents.

The time of day that sees the most amount of fatal bike accidents is the three hours between 6 and 9 p.m., when more than 20 percent of bike accident deaths occur.

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling catastrophic injury cases, wrongful death cases, construction site injury cases, chemical exposure cases and truck accident cases for individuals and families who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of another for more than 40 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Chicago Ridge, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Hickory Hills, Western Springs, Willowbrook, Lemont, Bensenville, Rolling Meadows, Northbrook, Willow Springs, Roselle and Crete, Ill..

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The minimum amounts your policy must cover is $ 50,000 for injury or death to any one person, $ 100,000 for one accident resulting in injury or death to more than one person and $ 25,000 for property damage.

Car accident lawyers in Coconut Creek, Vero Beach, Cooper City and Davie know that most vehicles are being built with safety features and are more structurally sound than in previous years, but too many deaths are still occurring on Florida roadways.

Because of the sheer size and weight of 18 - wheelers, truck accidents result in severe injury and death more often than other motor vehicle accidents.

News reports have indicated that poor road design or conditions played a role in more than half of all fatal automobile accidents in the United States, resulting in more deaths than any other single factor, including speeding, drunk driving, and not using seat belts.