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Province Has Lowest Injury Cost


Posted on Aug 21, 2009

According to a new study of the human toll of injuries in Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador has the lowest per capita injury related cost in Canada. The total of direct medical costs and indirect costs was highest in Alberta, at $918, and lowest in this province, at $518 on average per resident.

Smart Risk, a charitable group that promotes injury prevention, commissioned a lengthy report entitled "The economic burden of injury in Canada" released recently. The cost of injuries both accidental and intended in Canada per year was reckoned at almost $20 billion.

The leading cause of all injury deaths was not transport related incidents, but suicide - responsible for 3,616 deaths in 2004, according to the report. Transport related incidents, including motor vehicle collisions, claimed 3,067 lives, and falls, most involving seniors, claimed 2,225 lives.

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