ity, and disease,
     and they generate high demand
     for services from emergency
     rooms and hospitals, as well as
     centers and programs for
     rehabilitation.

.    Unintentional injuries account
     for the highest number of years
     of potential life lost in the
     Region.  In 1986 an estimated
     one-third of the total number
     of years of life lost from all
     causes of death in the 1-24 age
     group corresponded to deaths
     attributable to this type of
     i