Accidents Decrease
A report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says that fatalities caused by automobile accidents in major cities nationwide are decreasing. Crashes remain a leading cause of injury and death in the United States. Overall, the rate of auto accident deaths was 11.1 per 100,000 residents in 1999, according to the report published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In the fifty largest metropolitan areas, the rate was lass at 8.2 per 100,000 residents. In rural areas, the death rate was higher among people ages 15 to 24. The rate was lower in cities.
