Exam 6: Injury and Injury Prevention

Injuries are responsible for nearly ______ of the deaths of adolescents and young adults.

Brett witnessed violence between his parents many times growing up. Longitudinal data suggest that Brett may be ______ times as likely to commit violence toward his own partner than he would have been had he grown up in a nonviolent home.

All else being equal, an injury-related death in young or middle-aged adult is MOST likely the result of a drug overdose.

People who text while driving make as many driving errors as do people with a blood alcohol content of ______.

Most cases of child abuse involve sexual abuse.

A recent examination of the brains of former National Football League players revealed that ______ showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

As compared to women, men are ______ likely to attempt suicide and ______ likely to die from it.

Ava is 6. If she were to die in the next year due to an unintentional injury, the MOST likely cause would be ______.

All else being equal, which individual is LEAST likely to experience an unintentional injury?

Adolescent drivers high in conscientiousness may be MORE likely to drive while texting or speaking on a cell phone.

Abby tries to encourage her elderly mother to get at least a little exercise. Abby is worried that her mother's sedentary lifestyle might increase her mother's risk of ______, the leading cause of injury-related deaths among older adults.

Suicide has surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death among children aged 10-14. This change reflects ______.

People living in a house where a firearm is kept are 5 times more likely to die by suicide than are people living in gun-free homes.

Scott and Jacquie volunteer with the Red Cross. Today, they are assisting a local fire department by installing free smoke detectors in homes in a low-income neighborhood to prevent fire fatalities. This is an example of a(n) ______ strategy to prevent injuries.

A graph relating the likelihood of an injury from a fall to age from 0 to 90 should show a ______.

According to the text, as many as ______ of the 1,300 people who die each year as a result of injuries sustained while riding a bicycle might have lived had they been wearing a helmet.

Relative to other causes of death, unintentional injuries ______ in rank across the adult lifespan.

The textbook notes that preventing deaths by ______ is one of the BEST illustrations of the value of providing skills training.

About ______ people die in each day in the United States from car accidents. ______ of these deaths could be prevented.

Unintentional injuries do NOT include ______.