Traffic Accidents, Assaults and Self-Injury Strongly Impact Costa Rica’s Public Health

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When you analyze the causes that most send people to hospitals, with risk of death, there is a cause that opens up in the midst of cardiovascular diseases and cancer: trauma, injuries and burns resulting from accidents (road or work) or acts of violence.This is joined by drug use disorders and self-harm.This is part of the findings of the 2019-2023 Epidemiology Profile, published by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) this May 2025.When …