Healthy Headlines: National Trauma Awareness Month

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death in people between the ages of 1 to 44 years old, and accounts for about 59% of all deaths in the US.

Trauma can lead to disability and lost productivity and has a huge financial impact, costing billions of dollars each year.

May is National Trauma Awareness Month and Novant Health Injury Prevention Coordinator,  Kelly Moriarty, joins Rising to tell us more!

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