Injuries

Injuries

Introduction

This paper intends to write a column for a local newspaper. The basic issue that this paper will deal with revolves around the investigation of the leading types of unintentional and intentional injuries that affect the youth ages ranging from one year to twenty four years. The paper will be written in the form of an educational article retrieving important statistics from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. My reaction to the types of injuries that are the leading causes of death among youth will be provided in the paper. Also, my position will be stated about what I think is a greater threat to young people in our society from intentional injuries of unintentional injuries.

Reaction to the Types of Injuries

I remain certainly skeptic about the fact that the youngest children ranging from one year to four years of age usually die out of unintentional drowning. The basic reason I find behind this unintentional drowning is that young mothers are not as careful as they must be while making their babies take bath or handling with water. From four years onwards; the young people tend to die out of unintentional MV Traffic. I have always been aware of the fact that traffic injuries are significant and results in sudden deaths. However, after viewing the number of deaths because of unintentional MV Traffic; I am convinced over the fact that there is an immense need to change the traffic rules (CDC, 2012).

Unintentional traffic accidents resulting in such a big amount of unintentional deaths in young ages are certainly a point to be think about carefully. Young people after the age of eighteen tend to believe that they have become strong enough to drive rashly and face the consequences. I thoroughly believe that the minimum age of providing driving licenses must be changed so that a vast decrease in the number of unintentional deaths through traffic accidents. I also suggest that the number of unintentional deaths could be thoroughly decreased if the young children are provided with extreme care and proper morals within their childhood (CDC, 2012).

The intentional injuries also reveal an alarming situation for the authorities of United States of America to be controlled. Poisoning, firearms and suicides have been certainly increasing within the United States of America. The basic reason behind this increase in intentional injuries in the young people ...