Locations of death within USA
In the USA about 33% of all annual deaths occur in hospitals. Approximately twenty percent die annually in nursing homes. Another 13% of deaths occur in ER's or are persons brought to ERs dead on arrival.
Using hospice data we know that seventeen percent of annual USA deaths are in private homes under hospice care and 6% of annual deaths occur in a hospice facilities.
The remaining 11% of annual USA deaths consist of patients who die at home not under hospice care or those who die in other locations.
Therefore, Re. Annual USA Deaths
1) 46% occur within hospitals or their emergency rooms
2) 20% occur within nursing homes
3) 6% occur in hospice facilities
4) 17% occur at home under hospice care
5) 11% occur unassociated with hospitals, ERs, hospice or nursing homes.
Approximately 50 of flood-related deaths occur in vehicles.
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Falls from heights are responsible for the highest percentage of deaths in construction. These can occur from roofs, ladders, scaffolding, or other elevated surfaces. It is important for workers to follow safety protocols and wear appropriate protective equipment to prevent such accidents.
In the United States, about a third of deaths occur in hospitals. It seems around 20% die in nursing homes. This would place approximately half of U.S. deaths in other places. "32 percent of all deaths in the U.S. in 2007 occurred in the hospital.... Among the elderly, 31 percent of deaths occurred in the hospital, while 34 percent of nonelderly deaths took place in the hospital." http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_91474.html "Twenty percent of deaths in the United States occur in nursing homes..." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18043014
On average, influenza causes about 12,000 to 60,000 deaths and 140,000 to 810,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year. The numbers can vary depending on the severity of the flu season and the effectiveness of the vaccine.
In peoples cars.
The Consumer Products Safety Commission reported in 2004 that about 64% of unintentional CO poisoning deaths occur in the home.
No one knows how many deaths occur as a result of the abuse of alcohol.
The number of gunshot deaths that occur in gun-free zones can vary each year. However, it is important to note that statistically, the majority of gun-related deaths in the United States occur outside of gun-free zones.
100 deaths occur each and every minute of the day. That's more then 153000 deaths a day and over 6000 deaths per hour. Even more during a natural disaster.
There have been no reported deaths directly caused by marijuana use.