Safest states to raise kids

[Speedy70]

Anyone else find it odd that DC is #3 on the top 10 list??
http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=24791&folder_id=300

 

[greyhound]

Anyone else find it odd that DC is #3 on the top 10 list??
http://www.usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=24791&folder_id=300

They were ranked by "accidental injury death rates". They didn't take into consideration the ones that were on purpose.

 

[jenbengen]

They were ranked by "accidental injury death rates". They didn't take into consideration the ones that were on purpose.

Well that makes me feel better after reading that headline!

 

[Vince]

Yeah, they don't tell you the Washington DC ranks no. 19 in the most dangerous cities in the US.

 

[aps45819]

The five highest-ranking states were all found in the northeast:
Vermont (#1)
New Jersey (#2
The District of Columbia (#3)
New York (#4)
Delaware (#5).

The five lowest-ranking states were:
Wyoming (#51)
Alaska (#50)
South Dakota (#49)
West Virginia (#48)
Nebraska (#47)

Interesting, the best places to be a kid are also the most dangerous.

 

[blacklabman]

Not to be picky, but DC is not a state.

 

[beamher]

Not to be picky, but DC is not a state.

i hate filling out some form or other and they request your city & state and when i put wash., dc on the city line it doesn't take or i have to list district of columbia as the state

 

[lovinmaryland]

Interesting, the best places to be a kid are also the most dangerous.

i guess if they are basing it on accidental deaths i could see those states being higher, with a lot of kids using atvs, and other off road veh.

but i would much rather take a chance and raise my kiddies there than d.c.

 

[lovinmaryland]

i know that this is off topic but .......... what the h*ll is going on in mechanicsville/hughesville with this traffic.... who the h*ll thought it would be a good idea to start road construction during rush hour? this has been going on for weeks.

it took me 45 minutes to get from berts diner to rt 6

 

[Lenny]

i guess if they are basing it on accidental deaths i could see those states being higher, with a lot of kids using atvs, and other off road veh.

but i would much rather take a chance and raise my kiddies there than d.c.

Being murdered in a drive by is not considered an accidental death obviously!

Dying of a drug overdose or being beat to death by bebe's daddy is not considered an accidental death either.

 

[desertrat]

Interesting, the best places to be a kid are also the most dangerous.

I know, I lived in two of them as a kid.