Injury and Violence Prevention

Our Goal: Create an environment in which exposure to injuries is minimized or eliminated.

Nearly all injuries and related disability and death are preventable. In Connecticut, Injury and Poisoning, including violent injuries, is the leading cause of visits to hospital emergency rooms. Suicide is the leading cause of injury death in our state, and during the last decade, falls and accidental poisoning overtook motor vehicle accidents as the leading causes of death due to unintentional injury. (SHIP, 2014)

Unintentional injuries include:

• Falls
• Poisoning
• Motor Vehicle Crashes

Intentional injuries include:

• Suicide and self-inflicted injury
• Homicide

Other classifications of preventable injuries and acts of violence include:

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Child Maltreatment
• Sports injuries
• Occupational injuries

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Questions? Contact us:  HCT2025.DPH@ct.gov