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hanging/suffocation is suicide, not an accident as implied. And what exactly is "falling from furniture?"
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"falling from furniture" is most likely standing on a chair to reach something, or flipping backward and falling off a chair. These things happen more often than people think. And they result in death more often than people think. I wouldn't doubt most of the deaths involve the elderly or very young.
Suffocation and hanging are not always suicides. A friend at church had a young daughter who died in an accidental hanging. She got a window sash cord wrapped around her neck and fell. There was another accidental hanging on t.v. a while back- a seven year old who hung from a slide by the cord on the hood of her jacket. This caused manufacturers to change designs of playground equip[ment to be more snag free. I would imagine the NSC survey covered only accidental suffocation and hanging deaths.
BTW, I have to wonder if any adults die from "choking on non food objects."