Rockett I R, Smith G S
Am J Public Health. 1987 Oct;77(10):1345-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.77.10.1345.
Injuries are compared with heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular disease, using 1980 mortality data for the United States, France, Japan, West Germany and the United Kingdom. Emphasis is on premature mortality, measured by a rate of potential years of life lost between ages one and 65. Injuries are the leading cause of male premature mortality, and rank first, or second to cancer, in females. The United States sustains the greatest injury losses of these five countries.
利用美国、法国、日本、西德和英国1980年的死亡率数据,将伤害与心脏病、癌症和脑血管疾病进行了比较。重点是过早死亡,用1至65岁之间潜在寿命损失率来衡量。伤害是男性过早死亡的主要原因,在女性中则排名第一,或仅次于癌症排名第二。在这五个国家中,美国遭受的伤害损失最大。