Misplaced Concerns

In our survey, we listed the top five causes of unintentional home injury and asked respondents to identify the injury they worry is most likely to happen in their own home. About one-third (35%) selected fires/burns first while only 19% selected falls and just 1% of adults selected poisoning as their top concern, meaning less than one-fifth of respondents were most worried about the most common home injury – falls. The actual five leading causes of unintentional home injury in the U.S., in ranked order, are: 1. falls, 2. poisoning and 3. fires/burns, followed by 4. choking/suffocation and 5. drowning.