New Jersey Personal Injury Statistics
According to the personal injury lawyers serving around and in Toms River, Freehold, Monmouth County, and Ocean County at Villani & DeLuca, P.C., each year more than 60,000 New Jersey residents are injured in home, automobile, recreational, and occupational accidents—resulting in 3,500 deaths annually. In fact, injuries are the fourth leading cause of death overall in the state. On average, the cost of treating injuries in New Jersey hospitals is estimated to be approximately $2 billion each year. The following is a breakdown by personal injury type:
- Motor Vehicle. Approximately 300,000 motor vehicle crashes occur in New Jersey each year, resulting in about 6,900 hospitalized injuries and 770 deaths. It is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the state. The primary factors that contribute to motor vehicle occupant fatalities in New Jersey are speed, alcohol use, and failure to use restraint options such as seatbelts, infant seats and booster seats. Learn more about automobile accidents from our Monmouth County personal injury attorneys.
- Falls are a major cause of injury hospitalization at all ages and are a leading cause of serious injury among young children. However, the probability of dying from a fall increases dramatically with age, making falls the second leading cause of injury death among persons 65 years and older in New Jersey. In fact, the personal injury lawyers in Freehold & Toms River at Villani & DeLuca, P.C. know that fatality rates from falls among New Jerseyans within the ages of 65 years to 85 years and older have increased about 50 percent between the years 2000 and 2005.
- Poisoning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in New Jersey, and the third leading cause nationwide. Most of those dying from unintentional drug overdose are non-Hispanic white males in their late 30s and early 40s. Males are three times more likely to die from an unintentional poisoning than females.
- Fire and burns are the sixth leading cause of unintentional injury death in New Jersey, and the fifth leading cause nationwide. Most fatal fire and burn injuries are the result of residential fires.
- Occupational injury. On average, the rate of fatal occupational injury in New Jersey is lower than the national average. However, rates among workers aged 35 to 44 years were higher in the state. According to our Freehold injury lawyers who focus on workers compensation at Villani & DeLuca, P.C., over the past seven years the work-related fatality rate in the New Jersey working population increased from 2.6 deaths per 100,000 workers in 1998 (103 deaths) to 3.1 per 100,000 workers in 2004 (129 deaths).
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If you or a loved one suffered a personal injury or died due to an accident or someone else's negligence, schedule a free consultation with a Toms River and Freehold personal injury lawyer at Villani & DeLuca, P.C. by calling 732-475-4594 or contact us online. We serve New Jersey clients in Toms River, Freehold, and throughout Ocean County and Monmouth County.