50% of South Africa's crime occurs in this tiny province called Gauteng, now you're no longer safe in your home or on the roads according to SA Medical Research council.
The most likely places to be injured and killed in Gauteng are on the road or at home, the SA Medical Research Council (MRC) said on Thursday.
Just under half of all injuries leading to death took place on the province's roads, with homes coming in second at 21.9%, MRC spokesperson Hilton Donson told reporters in Johannesburg.
The figures were part of a presentation on fatal injuries in Gauteng last year, an initiative by the MRC and the University of South Africa, supported by the department of health.
Of 10 528 non-natural deaths in Gauteng where the external cause was known, firearms were the top cause at 15.5%, followed by pedestrian injury at 12.7% and sharp objects at 10.4%.
According to Donson, people who died in Gauteng last year were most likely to die violently or in some type of transport accident.
About half the violence and transport-related cases tested positive for alcohol, with pedestrian alcohol levels at more than four times the legal limit for driving.
"If you look at our roads in Gauteng, drunk pedestrians are a big cause of injury. Perhaps we need to start a 'don't drink and walk' campaign," he said.
Taxation on alcohol products, accessibility to alcohol, advertising and labelling of products were all things which needed to be looked at, Department of Health manager for non-communicable diseases Melvyn Freeman said.
Donson said Saturday and Sunday were still peak times for death in the province, which could be related to more people being on the road, at parties and using alcohol.
So next time you make it safely to your local pub, rather stay there cause there is no mention of you being unsafe in a pub or go and visit your mates cause there is also no mention of that putting you in harms way.
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