Violence top cause of death in Gauteng

<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Just under one third of recorded non-natural deaths in Gauteng are caused by violence, the SA Medical Research Council(MRC) said.</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk8RU7N9dFZQl0kWUCZhavP03nmMZAyaNrt4VeYwb7DRSr3Tf9wHfU5uj9HvS5sCm_tUvYdvDkJNd5Jkns3TVFFbLrBFRUhXbiVhSqA_T2tEDo-noR3Y4OyL1sHlUo_3SgAZYwRXml7HV/s1600/crime-blood.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535818413967767650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk8RU7N9dFZQl0kWUCZhavP03nmMZAyaNrt4VeYwb7DRSr3Tf9wHfU5uj9HvS5sCm_tUvYdvDkJNd5Jkns3TVFFbLrBFRUhXbiVhSqA_T2tEDo-noR3Y4OyL1sHlUo_3SgAZYwRXml7HV/s400/crime-blood.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">V</span>iolence and homicide</strong> accounted for 32.4 percent of non-natural deaths caused by injury, with transport second at 28.7 percent and suicide third at 11.3 percent.<br /><br />The figures were part of a presentation on fatal injuries in Gauteng last year, an initiative by MRC and the University of Johannesburg, supported by the department of health.<br /><br />Of 10 528 non-natural deaths in Gauteng where the external cause was known, firearms were the top cause of death with 1 630 at 15.5%, followed by pedestrian injury at 12.7% and sharp objects resulted in 1 091 deaths at 10.4% and blunt force 1 064.<br /><br />In youth aged 15 and 29 years, adults (30-44 years) and older adults aged 45-59 years, firearms were the leading causes of death.<br /><br />Injuries were the second leading cause of death in South Africa, behind HIV.<br /><br />The figures were based on 11,329 non-natural deaths registered at nine medico-legal laboratories in Gauteng.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>source - <a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/">www.timeslive.co.za/</a> </em></span><p></p>

Violence top cause of death in Gauteng

Just under one third of recorded non-natural deaths in Gauteng are caused by violence, the SA Medical Research Council(MRC) said. V iolence ...

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