As we begin the summer recreational season, it is important to take the precautions of using seat belts and protective gear. Locking up unloaded firearms and storing them separately from bullets are easy ways to avert unintentional shooting deaths.
Prevention is the most effective way to reduce the death rates due to injury.
Additionally, Louisiana has the second highest homicide death rate in the nation. Intentional injury was responsible for the remaining 39.1 percent of all injury deaths in the state for the same years. Unintentional injury was the leading cause of death for persons between 1 and 34 years of age in Louisiana. According to the report, homicide is the second leading cause of death for Louisiana residents between the age of 10 and 34 and is the third leading cause of death among state residents between 1 and 4 years of age. These programs include those that improve parenting skills, home-visiting programs that bring a community's resources to the homes of families at risk, mentoring programs, and programs that focus on giving children the skills they need to deal effectively with difficult social situations.