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Table 4 Perspective: Selected Causes of death, 1999

From: Priorities of health policy: cost shifting or population health

Cause

No of deaths

AIDS

122

Suicide (intentional self harm)

2,492

Motor vehicle accidents

1,741

Accidental falls

520

Homicide

300

Accidental drowning/submersion

278

Poisoning by drugs/medications

1,015

Subtotal

6,468

All deaths from adverse events(1)

9,000

All preventable adverse events (2)

4,500

(1) 50 percent of reported estimate

 

(2) assuming 50 not 60 percent are preventable