Adulthood, denned as 2;> to 64 veins of age. continued as the most dangerous time of life. Number of deaths in this classification was 193 anj increase of 16 from 1955. Next came old age. 65 years and over, with 192 accidental deaths, an in crease of 45 from the year before The Grim Reaper also gained the accidental deaths with youth. 15 to 24 years old. with fatalities in that group numbering 66. up 17 from the ynar before. Slight decreases were noted for school-age children 1 five | to 14 years old1 with 50—down | sdven; infants 'under one year with 45—down 15; and preschool one to four year with 42 deaths— down eight. Of the 156 fatalities caused by falls, 117 were in the home and . most of the people involved were in i the old age group. Of the 114 deaths caused by fires atsd explosions. 99 were m the home jOf the drownings. 77 were in pub lic places, but 15 occurred on the farm. Thirty-five of the drownings were m the 15 to 24 age group, with 24 in the 25 to 44 age group, and IK in the five to 14 age group Most of those choking to death were in I he infant and preschool

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