Sentences with phrase «number of deaths related»

Such apps are used widely in Detroit and have been shown to reduce the number of deaths related to drunk driving accidents.

In fact, a number of deaths related to energy drinks, some occurring during exercise, are under investigation.

Over the next century the world could see an uptick in the number of deaths related to air pollution because of climate change, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

«The annual number of deaths related to motor vehicle accidents among members of the U.S. Armed Forces declined in 2012 to their lowest level during a 14 - year surveillance period.

In the U.S. and around the world, access to healthcare is vital to reduce the number of deaths related to childbirth.

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«Firearm - related deaths are the third leading cause of death overall among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC in its report.

Sosa confirmed that there were dozens of hurricane - related deaths the government had not yet accounted for and that the true number was likely in the hundreds.

But reporters with the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, for its initials in Spanish) in Puerto Rico said Thursday in a story in the Miami Herald they had «confirmed that there are dozens of hurricane - related deaths and the number could rise to the hundreds.»

More people die from Alcohol related deaths each year then gun deaths over a number of years.

It is estimated that by 2015 the number of gun related deaths will exceed the number of traffic fatalities.

If all parents, coaches and athletes learned and followed these ten steps, I believe the number of heat - related deaths of student - athletes could be reduced to zero.

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

One major study in the United States found that the number of aspiration - related deaths dropped significantly over a five - year period in the early 1990s when parents started putting their babies to sleep on their back.

Doug Casa, chief operating officer of the Korey Stringer Institute, says the highest number of sports - related deaths in the U.S. are among the 7 million high school athletes.

In October 2015, the Kentucky Department for Public Health launched the Safe Sleep Campaign to raise awareness of the importance of Safe Sleep for babies and lower the number of SIDS - related deaths in Kentucky.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the number of maternal deaths in the United States is probably up to three times as high as the number reported in our national statistics because not all maternal deaths are classified as pregnancy - related on the death certificate.

Safer sleep environments can reduce the number of SIDS related deaths.

In an effort to reduce the number of smoking - related deaths, the DoH has introduced a number of measures.

«Despite our best efforts to stem the tide of opioid related deaths, the number of deaths continue to rise.

Gillibrand says the number of prescription opioid - related deaths rose nationally more than 1,600 percent between 2004 and 2015.

• The total number of drink - drive accidents rose by 2 % to 5,740 in 2015 • There was a 3 % rise in overall drink - drive casualties on 2014 to 8,480 • Around 220 people were killed in drink driving related incidents, a figure unchanged since 2010, around 13 % of all deaths in reported road accidents in 2015.

The number of flu cases in Monroe County continues to rise, but there were no new deaths related to the flu for the latest reporting week, which ended February 17.

The government should take drastic action to improve Britain's air quality in order to reduce the numbers of pollution - related deaths, MPs have said.

In his State of the County address earlier this month, Hein said by raising the age the county can reduce the number of tobacco - related deaths and move Ulster County closer to becoming a healthier county.

Hein called on lawmakers in 2017 and again this year to approved the legislation, saying the move would reduce the number of tobacco - related deaths and move Ulster closer to becoming a healthier county.

The mayor pointed out the number of traffic - related deaths has gone down within the past four years under the Vision - Zero Dusk and Darkness campaign, but admits more work needs to be done.

The measures come amid a record - high number of deaths from heroin or opioid - related abuse in 2014, according to a report released earlier this month by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

The statistics, from the county medical examiner's office, also showed a drop in the number of heroin - related deaths while fatal overdoses caused by fentanyl and other fentanyl analogues have risen.

A $ 100 - per - firearm federal sales tax would help stem the flow of illegal weapons into New York, reducing the number of gun - related deaths such as those of the four NYPD officers killed in the past year, Rep. Nydia Velázquez said Monday.

WHEREAS, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office projects 2015 to be the year with the greatest number of reported opioid related fatalities, with well over 200 deaths; and

It backs a system which has led to record numbers of drug - related deaths in the UK, while condemning policies which would undoubtedly save lives.

Chair of the committee Louise Ellman said: «The number of deaths and injuries on our roads far outweighs the deaths and injuries in other transport modes or in other work - related accidents.

This policy has led to a massive increase in the prescription of «safe drugs» like Methadone but as an increasing number of reports demonstrate, heroin substitutes like Methadone now account for one - third of drug - related deaths in Scotland.

Mr. Barron pointed to a number of police - related deaths under Mr. Bratton's current tenure and his first turn leading the police department under Mr. Giuliani.

As I've been reporting a story about the opioid epidemic, I've sorted through a lot of tragic numbers that make the astronomical spike in deaths and injuries related to the drugs feel more real.

Another administrative change in how deaths were classified and coded internationally, called the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Edition (ICD - 10), is also widely believed to be a contributing factor to the uptick in death numbers.

A growing number of epidemiologic studies have suggested an association between sedentary behavior and chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and even death that is distinct from those related to a lack of physical activity.

Smoking - related disease remains the number one cause of preventable deaths in the UK, killing more than 100,000 people every year, they write.

This can be provoked by a number of factors, but one of the clearest is exposure to death - related imagery.

Overprescribing of opioid medications for pain has contributed to a record - high number of drug - related deaths in the United States in recent years.

«Although the numbers of newly infected children as well as the numbers of children who die from HIV - related deaths has declined dramatically since 2000, despite WHO recommendations, children are still less likely to be offered ART treatment than adults,» says Lajoie.

Official tallies won't be released until next year, but a number of states — among them Missouri, Mississippi, Connecticut and Maryland — have already reported higher opioid - related death rates for 2017 than for 2016.

Two to four million deaths related to cardiovascular disease could be prevented a year if everyone ate the optimal amount of fruits and vegetables, the researchers said, while for cancer that number was approximately 660,000 deaths.

Focusing on flu outbreaks in the U.S. between 2003 and 2008, Justin Ortiz from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington and colleagues from CDC and PATH, a Seattle - based nonprofit health organization, found that Google Flu Trends deviated greatest from CDC surveillance figures for laboratory - confirmed flu rates during the 2003 — 2004 flu season, which saw a high number of flu - related deaths in children and, as a result, was a hot topic in the media.

Each service of the U.S. military posted the lowest number of deaths from motor vehicle accidents in 2012 — although motorcycle - related fatalities continues to be a leading cause of death among service members unrelated to war, according to a new study of a15 - year surveillance period.

The number of working years lost because of smoking related ill health added up to 26.8 million, 18 million of which were lost to death with the remainder lost to disability.

P. falciparum remains the most prevalent malaria parasite in sub-Saharan Africa and the most - deadly anywhere, responsible for the largest number of malaria - related deaths globally.

A growing number of deaths are related to smoking, and experts in Paris claimed that the chances of improvement are slim.

In 2013, India's National Vector Borne Diseases Control Program reported that the country had experienced an annual average of 20,474 dengue cases and 132 dengue - related deaths since 2007, but infectious disease experts believe those official numbers likely reflect only a small fraction of actual cases.

One way to reduce the nation's number of opioid - related deaths, said Northeastern University drug policy expert Leo Beletsky, is through the timely administration of naloxone, the life - saving overdose antidote.