U.S. pedestrian deaths rose sharply for the second year in a row in 2016,
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Last year saw an 11 percent rise in pedestrian deaths over 2015, making it the largest increase in the 40 years that national records have been kept,
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This followed a 9.5 percent increase in 2015.
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None of the other factors typically affecting pedestrian deaths - such as population growth, yearly miles driven and walked in the United States - tracked the rise as closely as cellphone use.

Also, Pokemon go?

Be careful out there.