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THE PROBLEMS
 43.8% of Illinois traffic deaths are alcohol related. |
| 42% of preventable injuries are motor vehicle related. |
| Motor vehicle crashes are the #1 cause of unintentional deaths. |
| Unintentional injuries are the #1 cause of death of children ages 1-4. |
| Head injury is the leading cause of death in bicycle crashes. |
| Nationally more than 1,800 children are killed and 280,000 injured as |
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motor vehicle passengers. |
IN DU PAGE COUNTY DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS
86,923 (13.2%) adults and 6,319 (2.7%) children did not regularly use seat belts
77,713 (47.0%) children did not regularly wear bicycle helmets
28,316 (4.3%) adults drove drunk/944 each day
49.2% of admitted drunk drivers were between 18 and 29 years of age
34,242 (5.2%) adults rode with drunk drivers
210,503 (30.6%) adults had not checked their smoke detectors
| INJURY CONTROL |
2000
DuPage
County |
1996
DuPage
County |
1999
Collar Counties |
1995
Collar Counties |
1999
State of Illinois |
1995
State of Illinois |
| DRIVEN IN PAST MONTH AFTER HAVING HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK |
| 4.3% |
2.8% |
2.1% |
0.3% |
4.7% |
1.8% |
| RIDDEN IN PAST MONTH WITH DRIVER WHO HAD PERHAPS TOO MUCH TO DRINK |
| 5.2 |
5.4 |
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| SOMETIMES/SELDOM/NEVER WEAR SEAT BELTS – ADULTS |
| 13.2 |
13.4 |
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12.4 |
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18.8 |
| SOMETIMES/SELDOM/NEVER WEAR SEAT BELTS /SAFETY SEATS –CHILD |
| 2.7 |
9.9 |
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2.9 |
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11.2 |
| SOMETIMES/SELDOM/NEVER WEAR BICYCLE HELMET - CHILD |
| 47.0 |
70.3 |
48.4 |
50.4 |
57.1 |
67.5 |
| HAVE NOT CHECKED SMOKE DETECTORS IN LAST 6 MONTHS |
| 30.6 |
23.6 |
26.7 |
25.7 |
31.5 |
19.9 |
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