How to prevent injuries
Natural calamities, accidents, injuries and violence are some of the major cause of people dying a premature deaths. Due to such unwelcome and unknown crises, millions of people have to suffer across the world. These sudden crises lead to disabilities, disorders and death among the world’s larger population each year. Children to youth to seniors, nobody remains safe from such trauma at almost any part of the Earth. Apart from natural catastrophes, human-generated disasters are major reasons behind this strain.
Natural disasters like earthquake, tsunami, cyclones, flood, drought, famine, hurricane, volcano, wildfires, and pandemics remain the main causes of agony and deaths. On an average, 60,000 people die per year due to natural disasters that account for 0.1 percent of global deaths. These inconsistent natural events, in some years, may kill 10,000 people i.e. 0.01 percent of total deaths, while in other years may account for 200,000 or 0.4 percent of deaths. Quick alerts and following of guidelines may still save many more.
Accidents play major roles in premature deaths
Road traffic crashes kill around 1.35 million people annually. Vulnerable road users like pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists account for over a half of all the road traffic deaths. Most of the countries have to spend their 3 percent of their gross domestic product on road traffic crashes. Despite having just 60 percent of the world’s vehicle, low and middle income countries account for 93 percent of global road fatalities. Road traffic injuries largely contribute to death among 5 to 29 year old youngsters.
On the other hand, one in every three seniors over 65 falls globally each year, leading to injuries and deaths. Their injury treatment may take long time, including balance and strength improving exercises along with medication review. Home intrusion, theft, robbery and violence enhance their agony. Also, seniors over 65 have also twice chances to die in a home fire. Home modifications can decrease injuries, better home security prevents intrusion, and effective home-based fire prevention devices can save them.
Violence has key role in physical, mental injuries
A major cause of negative impact on physical and mental health is domestic violence, basically targeting women. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1 in every 3 women or 30 percent of global female population has been subjected to such violence in their lifetime. Further, they suffered physical and/or sexual violence by intimate partner (mostly) or non-partner sexual violence. Nearly one-third or 27 percent of females aged between 15 and 49 years, who have lived in a relationship, report intimate partner violence.
Violence broadly has more negative impacts on population worldwide, killing over 1.6 million people annually, says United Nations report. Violence is also one of the major causes of death among 15 to 44 year olds, contributing to 14 percent male deaths and 7 percent female deaths. Number of people injured or suffering physical, sexual, reproductive and mental health issues due to violence outshines the number of deaths from the same. Furthermore, violence cost billions of bucks on health, law and infrastructural sectors.
10 tips on how to prevent injuries in daily life
- Governments must give quick alerts and assistance to save more people from natural disasters.
- Citizens must follow government guidelines on natural calamities to be safe and keep others safe.
- Always follow the rules of road, never over-speed your vehicle, be alert from rash drivers on road.
- Try to support your fellow travelers on road by giving them way, and help them in case of injury.
- Home modifications, safety from intruders, fire prevention devices are keys to avoid home injuries.
- Senior citizens and children need special attention, care to avoid injuries from falls, violence and fire.
- Women must notice and never ignore signs of domestic violence in how their partner treats them.
- Open your mouth for yourself and be the voice of other women to in case of violence, assault, rape.
- If your region is violence affected, keep in mind safety of home, pay attention to your surroundings.
- In violence areas, you must focus on your safety in your daily schedule, visit safe places, avoid others.
