LOW-INCOME CHILDREN
Children are at significant risk from unintentional injury-related death and disability. Injury rates vary with a child's age, gender, race and socioeconomic status. Younger children, males, minorities and poor children suffer disproportionately. ... [... more]
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TOY-RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES
More than 3 billion toys and games are sold annually in the United States. Although they are meant to provide joy and entertainment, toys are often linked to injuries. Children ages 4 and under are at especially high risk. While choking accounts ... [... more]
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WHEN AND WHERE DEATHS AND INJURIES OCCUR
The unintentional injury-related death rate among children ages 14 and under declined more than 40 percent from 1987 to 2001. However, unintentional injury remains the leading cause of death among children ages 14 and under in the United States. ... [... more]
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AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION DEATHS AND INJURIES
Airway obstruction injury is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among infants under age 1. These injuries occur when children are unable to breathe normally because food or objects block their internal airways (choking), ... [... more]
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BICYCLE-RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES
Bicycles are associated with more childhood injuries than any other consumer product except the automobile. More than 70 percent of children ages 5 to 14 (27.7 million) ride bicycles. This age group rides 50 percent more than the average ... [... more]
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FIREARM DEATHS AND INJURIES
Unintentional shootings account for nearly 20 percent of all firearm-related fatalities among children ages 14 and under, compared with 3 percent for the entire U.S. population. Americans possess nearly 200 million firearms, including 65 million ... [... more]
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RURAL DEATHS AND INJURIES
Children living in rural areas are at significantly greater risk of unintentional injury-related death than children living in urban areas. Agricultural injury is of particular concern because children, simply by living in the farm environment, ... [... more]
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RECREATION DEATHS AND INJURIES
Like organized sports, recreational activity can improve physical fitness, coordination, self-discipline and teamwork, as well as promote a sense of personal satisfaction and accomplishment. However, many recreational activities - such as inline ... [... more]
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SCHOOL DEATHS AND INJURIES
More than 53 million children in the United States spend almost one-fourth of their total waking hours in school or on school property. An estimated 10 to 25 percent of the more than 14 million unintentional injuries sustained by children ages 14 ... [... more]
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UNINTENTIONAL INJURY-RELATED DEATH RATES
The National SAFE KIDS Campaign is the first and only national organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury, the leading killer of children ages 14 and under. Since the Campaign's launch in 1988, America has ... [... more]
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