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Old 02-13-2011, 04:46 PM
 
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got this information from a book (2001) and want to know if they are still true today.

1. Car crashes are the largest killer of American teenagers, accounting for more than one third of all deaths.
2. The second most likely cause of death among teenagers is suicide.
3. National rates of teenage suicide are much higher in the suburbs than in cities.
4. Automobile accidents kill over 45,000 people annually in this country.
5. A child is twenty times more likely to die from an automobile mishap than from gang activity.

Please correct if any of these are not true and if you can find the correct information, please post where you found them.
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Old 02-13-2011, 05:52 PM
 
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To be honest, those stats are probably true today. I believe historically, alcohol related vehicle deaths occur at a similar rate as homicides and the violent crime rate in 1972, I believe, according to the Bureau of Justice, was almost 3 times higher than it was in 2009.
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