How Lightning Kills and Injures
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_____________________________________ * Corresponding Author Address: Mary Ann Cooper, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois @ Chicago, M/C 742, 471 CME, 808 S Wood St, Chicago IL, 60612-7354; [email protected] www.uic.edu/labs/lightninginjury Due to underreporting of injuries as well as deaths (Cherington 1999; Duclos 1990,1990a; Holle 2003), it is difficult to pinpoint an exact percentage of deaths vs. injuries. However, 10% has long been used as the common ‘rule of thumb’ mortality rate for the United States. Of the 90% who survive, many may suffer significant disabilities.
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