- Author
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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Title
- Accidental Injuries and Deaths to Children: Problems, Progress, and Prognosis. Reports of the Epidemiology and Surveillance of Injuries. No. FY 72-R5.
- Coporate
- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC
- Report
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No. FY 72-R5
February 1972
19 p.
- Keywords
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accidents
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injuries
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death
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statistics
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children
- Abstract
- Accidents are the leading cause of death in childhood, after the first year of life. Each year more than 15,000 children under 15 years of age die from accidents. These deaths account for over 37 percent of all deaths to children 1 to 4 years of age and over 47 percent to those 5 to 14. For children who are 1 to 14 years of age, accidents result in three times as many deaths as the second leading cause of death.