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by spikels 4481 days ago
Some Context: in 2010 the 121,000 annual US accidental deaths are roughly evenly split between vehicles (35,000), unintentional poisoning (33,000), falls (26,000) and other causes. Collectively accidents are the 5th leading cause of death after heart attack, cancer, respiratory disease and stroke.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_04.pdf