Proportion of motor vehicle-related emergency room visits falls by more than 50% by 2030
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In 2017-2018, 9.5% of hospital emergency rooms were due to motor vehicles.
If this percentage falls to below 4.75% for 2029, then this resolves YES.
Data sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2020-2021/InjEdVis.pdf (source of the image below)
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/data-finder.htm?&subject=Emergency%20departments (this page or similar from the US government health infrastructure will be used on the resolution date).
Data will probably not be available on resolution; we will wait until reliable data for 2029 comes out to resolve.
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