Injury in the NWT

Did you know that in the NWT:

More NWT residents die as a result of injury than from any other cause.
NWT residents are 2.3 times more likely to die from an injury than Canadians living in the rest of Canada.
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospitalization:
- 28% of hospitalizations for all ages
- 68% of hospitalizations of elders
- 13% of elder-deaths
22% of all injury deaths are caused by motor-vehicle related trauma.
Drowning accounts for 11% of deaths (all ages) - 17% of child deaths (age 0-14).
Heavy drinking is the foremost risk factor for injury and injury-death.

Most of these hospitalizations and deaths were preventable!

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