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Mass. ranks 3rd in lowest injury rate report
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May 22, 2012
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BOSTON (AP) — A new report is touting Massachusetts as has having the third-lowest rate of injury death among adults in the country.
Released Tuesday by the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the study ranks states by their injury prevention policies, including requiring helmets. It also uses data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overall, Massachusetts ranks 49th in injury fatalities, with only New York and New Jersey boasting lower rates.
Injury prevention experts from the Safe States Alliance and the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Prevention helped develop the list of 10 policy indicators that have been shown to reduce injuries and deaths.
Massachusetts scored 7 out of 10 on these indicators, the same as states like Connecticut and Hawaii.
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