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Why have death rates from accidental falls tripled? | USAFacts (usafacts.org)
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[–] kbal@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe it's been about 65 years since people started routinely driving cars every time they needed to go somewhere, and thus we no longer get so much practice walking around and tripping over things. The "vehicle miles traveled" data only goes back to 1970 but since then per capita driving in the USA is up by 80%.