Citation

Martínez F. Segur. Medio Ambient. 2011; 31(121): 8-20.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Fundación MAPFRE, Instituto de Prevención, Salud y Medio Ambiente)

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Abstract

Although home and leisure accidents rarely make the news, their death rate in Spain is in fact six times higher than workplace accidents and over double the figure for road accidents. Although these figures are extremely serious, no country keeps clear official records of this type of accident. This study aims to shed light on this «invisible» problem, working from the statistics on the number of yearly deaths in Spain caused by home, leisure and peri-domestic accidents to draw up a systematic analysis of home and leisure risks. This will then serve as the basis for developing and implementing a multimodal prevention plan to reduce accidents of this type.