PASE Program

Quick Facts and Resources

A group participating in PASE Community engagement

Quick Facts

Globally

  • 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgical and anesthesia care when needed.
  • More than ¼ of injury deaths are the result of road traffic incidents.
  • Injuries – both unintentional and violence-related – take the lives of 4.4 million people around the world each year and constitute nearly 8% of all deaths.
  • For people age 5-29 years, 3 of the top 5 causes of death are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.
  • Injuries and violence are responsible for an estimated 10% of all years lived with disability.
  • Injuries and violence place a massive burden on national economies, costing countries billions of US dollars each year in health care, lost productivity and law enforcement.
  • Preventing injuries and violence will facilitate achievement of several Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets.
  • Investment in essential surgical procedures is highly cost-effective.
  • Measures to expand access to surgery, such as task sharing, have been shown to be safe and effective while countries make long-term investments in building surgical and anesthesia workforces.
  • Substantial disparities exist in the safety of surgical care, driven by high perioperative mortality rates including anesthesia-related deaths in low- and middle-income countries.

Locally

  • In the United States in 2018, unintentional injury was the third leading cause of death overall.
  • Interpersonal violence disproportionately affects minority populations, and homicide is the leading cause of death in young (15 to 24 years old) African Americans and second among young Hispanics.
  • Hospital-based violence intervention has been proven to reduce injury recidivism, is cost-effective, and can be tailored to meet the needs of the local community.
  • In 2017 there were 40,231 deaths from traffic crashes in the United States.
  • Pedestrians and cyclists are more vulnerable to injury and death, and these groups are often made up of populations that are already vulnerable because of their socioeconomic status, race, and age.
  • Traffic injuries and deaths are preventable, and Vision Zero offers a roadmap for injury prevention methods that have been shown to be effective in preliminary research across the world.

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