{"id":2135,"date":"2021-12-14T17:16:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/children-elderly-risk-accidental-deaths\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:24:25","slug":"children-elderly-risk-accidental-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/children-elderly-risk-accidental-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Children and the Elderly at Risk for Accidental Deaths?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children and the elderly are two age groups that frequently rank highest in many different types of accidental deaths.\u00a0 In many cases, other parties are liable, and you can pursue legal action through an Atlanta accidental death lawyer.<\/a><\/p>\n

While drug poisoning deaths<\/a>, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), are highest within the 45 \u2013 54 age range, deaths from ingesting toxic substances are the most prevalent among the elderly and children.\u00a0 The European Commission conducted a study that revealed some reasons why.<\/p>\n

Children, especially between six months and six years old, are very curious and likely to put things in their mouths or drink poisons, not realizing the danger. \u00a0Toddlers, in particular around the age of two, lack understanding and yet are mobile enough to get into things.\u00a0 Through lack of supervision, a hungry child who smells a pleasant fragrance may think the substance is something to eat. \u00a0Sometimes, manufacturers fail to include warnings in labels so adults know to put products out of reach.\u00a0 A lack of childproof caps may also lead to accidental deaths.\u00a0 Victims can often hold manufacturers liable.<\/p>\n

The elderly, those over age 75, frequently develop mental and physical conditions that diminish their capabilities. \u00a0Their sense of smell or sight may no longer be sharp or they become confused and mistake a non-food item as something to eat. \u00a0An elderly person may read a label and several seconds later forget what he or she read. \u00a0Nursing homes and other assistive care facilities must safeguard the elderly against accidental deaths<\/a> by keeping dangerous products out of reach.<\/p>\n

If you lost a loved one through an accidental death, the Cochran Firm Atlanta can evaluate the prospects of pursuing a wrongful death claim<\/a>.\u00a0 Find out how we can help.<\/p>\n

If you want to file an Injury & accident claim, contact our Accident Lawyers, who have expertise in Auto Accident<\/a>, Car Accident<\/a>, Brain Injury<\/a>, Personal Injury<\/a>, Premises Liability<\/a>,Truck Accident<\/a>, Police Misconduct<\/a> and other areas of practice<\/a>. Call The Cochran Firm Atlanta toll-free at (404) 222-9922<\/a>, or send us your queries using this\u00a0inquiry form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Children and the elderly are two age groups that frequently rank highest in many different types of accidental deaths.\u00a0 In many cases, other parties are liable, and you can pursue legal action through an Atlanta accidental death lawyer. While drug poisoning deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), are highest within the 45 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Why Children and the Elderly at Risk for Accidental Death","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,77],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-2135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","category-wrongful-death","tag-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10921,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions\/10921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}