Sentences with phrase «for high fatality rates»

In fact there are a number of beaches around the world that are known for high fatality rates and serious injuries, including (but not limited to):

In autos, the blinders began to come off in the mid-1950s, when physicians suggested that vehicle design was as much to blame for high fatality rates as bad drivers.

Not exact matches

«The rate of fatality for taxi drivers is the highest for all jobs on the list except for military personnel,» Lee said.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, some of the smallest cars on the road have the highest driver fatality rates.

According to Baleka, the average life expectancy for a long - haul truck driver in the U.S. is 61 to 64 years (10 to 15 years less than the average American male); truck drivers have the highest rate of obesity of any occupation in the U.S. (86 % are overweight, 69 % are obese); they have one of the highest rates of metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes; in some years they have had the highest number of fatalities of any occupation, making trucking one of the most dangerous and unhealthy occupations in the U.S.

By using our high weight rear facing car seats to keep our children rear facing mostly past age of 4, and then in a high back booster, our fatality rate in car accidents for age 0 - 6 years is basically zero.

The results show promise for developing therapies against the virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever with human case fatality rates as high as 90 percent.

«The point is critically important for the current outbreak,» says Callahan, who believes proper care will drive reported case fatality rates of as high as 75 % «down into the low 40 % range.»

Given the unusually high case fatality rate from the outbreak (83 %), it is unlikely that titi monkeys are the native host species for TMAdV, and the natural reservoir of the virus is still unknown.

Candida auris — a multidrug - resistant fungus with high fatality rates — was first isolated only in 2009, from an ear canal specimen in Japan (auris being the Latin word for ear).

Both diseases have high fatality rates (around 3 to 4 of every 10 patients reported with MERS have died) and like Ebola, there is no vaccine or cure for MERS.

The authors used a nationally representative sample of police - reported crashes in the United States to show that, after accounting for crash severity, front - seat occupants in vehicles with airbags had higher fatality rates than those in vehicles without airbags.

Side impact tests as a crash test for vehicle safety are also very important since side impact accidents in vehicles result in a high fatality rate.

If you're moving around on trains a lot in other countries where the fatality rate is much higher, you can't buy life insurance on your own, and the legal system doesn't punish negligent operators it might be meaningful, especially for frequent travelers who have dependents.

For reasons not fully understood, some breeds — most notably the Rottweiler — have a much higher fatality rate than other breeds.

For reasons not fully understood, some breeds, notably the Rottweiler, have a much higher fatality rate than other breeds.

These maps and charts will show you which states have the highest and lowest fatality rates for traffic accidents.

The rate of fatalities for construction workers is the third highest in the United States with 15.2 deaths per 100,000 workers.

Riders of «super sports» motorcycles have driver fatality rates nearly four times higher than those for drivers of standards, cruisers, touring bikes and other types of motorcycles.

Most vehicles involved in these accidents are smashed beyond repair, and the fatality rate for head - on collision victims is very high, especially when they involve high speeds.

The fact is, motorcycles are the most dangerous mode of transportation in British Columbia and the fatality rate for riders under 25 years of age is, on average, 15 times higher than drivers over 25 years of age.

Motorcycle riders simply have no protection in the event of a crash, which accounts for the higher fatality and severe injury rates.

Fatal accidents involving a car and a pedestrian accounted for 14 percent of crash - related fatalities in the state of Utah in the year 2011, reaching the highest rate since 2002.

However, because there are fewer pilots working in the U.S. than cashiers, the fatality rate for airplane pilots is higher than for cashiers.

The Institute for Highway Safety to show that fatality rates are highest for small cars and pickups.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), fatality rates for senior drivers from traffic accidents are 17 times higher than for other drivers.

According to American Automobile Association (AAA), older drivers» fatality rates are 17 times higher than those for 25 - to 64 - year - olds, and it's mostly not due to bad driving — it's because of the human body's fragility in its ninth decade of life.

Teenagers have the highest rate of traffic fatalities for all age groups.

More specifically, Pahrump's Nye County had the 3rd highest rate of traffic fatalities in Nevada which puts them at almost 30 % above the median rate for all U.S. counties — not a comforting statistic for Pahrump insurance companies.

The fatality rate for motorcycles is much higher than regular passenger vehicles, according to Transport Canada: in 2013, while the percentage of motorcycles on Canada's roads was just under three per cent, they account for over 10 per cent of the fatalities on the road.

For this job that holds no entry - level education stipulations, instead relying on on - the - job training, median pay in 2010 was $ 12.30 These workers are employed in the most dangerous work sector, with fishing and related fishing workers experiencing the highest hours - based fatality rate in America: Dangerous Jobs.