Unintentional injuries can happen regardless of gender, race, or economic status and has the potential to happen anywhere.
Specific home injury issues include:
- falls among older adults
- poisonings among middle-aged adults,
- fire/burn injuries among older adults and children
- inhalation/suffocation and drowning among young children
Recreation-related injury issues include:
- sports and recreation injuries
Motor vehicle injury issues include:
- alcohol-impaired driving
- texting while driving
- child-passenger safety
- pedestrian safety
- teenager/older drivers
