The nurse studying rural health trends knows that which of the following is true regarding motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) in rural communities?
a. A large number of deaths from MVCs occur in rural areas.
b. Rural children have a much lower death rate from MVCs.
c. Speeds are lower in rural locations, so death rates are also lower.
d. Rural roads are much less traveled, so they tend to be safer.
A
Trauma-related death and injury rates are higher in rural areas than in metropolitan areas, and more than half of the MVC-related deaths occur in rural residents.
Rural children have higher rates of death from all kinds of trauma.
A disproportionate number of deaths from MVCs occur in rural areas.
Rural roads may be less traveled, but they are not necessarily safer, considering that a disproportionate number of fatalities in this country occur in rural areas.
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