Claim: "Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."
Fact-check: R.I. Rep. DaSilva says 1 in 10 violent deaths in U.S. are caused by strangulation
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2011-06-12T00:00:00