Deck 3: Intentional and Unintentional Injury Mortality and Morbidity

Question 1

Which group of female pre-adolescent children has the highest all-cause injury mortality rate?

A) white
B) black
C) Hispanic
D) Asian

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the leading cause of injury death and Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) in women?

A) homicide
B) fire/burn
C) drowning
D) motor vehicle traffic

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Approximately _____ of injury deaths of women are intentional.

A) 14%
B) 23%
C) 37%
D) 52%

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Among occupational injuries, women are reported to have LOWER rates of _____ than men.

A) carpal tunnel syndrome
B) toxic exposure
C) musculoskeletal injury
D) burns

Question 5

What are the two most common sites of sports and recreational injury in females?

A) neck and shoulder
B) elbow and wrist
C) knee and ankle
D) foot and back

Question 6

Approximately 90% of gun deaths occur outdoors.

Question 7

Homelessness is associated with higher fall-related injuries in children.

Question 8

Suicide rates for white women peak in the teen years.

Question 9

Females comprise a larger portion of the U.S. population beginning in their late 20s for non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks and by age 30 for Hispanics.

Question 10

Women are reported to have fewer symptoms of acute stress and depression following trauma than men.

Question 11

Most experts in the field note that the problem of adverse effects of medical care is underreported in relation to its contribution to mortality, morbidity, and healthcare costs.

Question 12

What are the three primary risk factors for motor vehicle occupant mortality?

Question 13

What efforts have helped to significantly prevent the number of falls in younger populations?

Question 14

What are the four primary current risk factors for infant suffocation?

Question 15

List five strategies that have been proposed to prevent drowning of young children.