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Wasted Lives: Child Accidents and Deaths

Wasted Lives Safeguarding CHILDREN e-Academy Child Accidents and Deaths 2,000 children die every day worldwide as a result of unintentional or accidental injury - Unicef, WHO Child deaths Child Accident Deaths 1979-2011 (England and Wales) 1200 Children under 15 1000 --- Children under 5 800 600 400 200 2003 2001 1999 Common causes of accidental child deaths (England and Wales) 34.9% 29.1% 12.8% 5.8% 5.8% 4.1% 3.5% 2.3% 1.7% Electrocution Road accidents Hospital admissions Hospital admissions (for under 15s) due to accidents (England and Wales) IIII-I000 2003 - 128,725 admissions 2004 - 128,581 admissions 2005 - 133,136 admissions 2006 - 135,411 admissions 2007 - 133,741 admissions Common causes for hospital admissions excluding road accidents (England and Wales) Contact with heat and hot substances (2,069) Exposure to smoke, fire and flames Falls Poisonings (16,432) (4,194) (122) Road accidents Road accidents involving children under 16 in 2008 (Great Britain) Over 2,000 children were injured and 124 children died on roads in 2008 Other road users Pedal cyclists 3,306 accidents Pedestrians 10,042 accidents 8,648 accidents 12 Deaths 55 Deaths 57 Deaths 551 405 Serious injuries Serious injuries 1,727 Serious injuries 6,864 Slight injuries 2,889 Slight injuries 9,436 Slight injuries Children under 19 killed or seriously injured on roads 2001-2008 (England and Wales) 4,000 Pedestrians --- Car passengers 3,500 .... Pedal cyclists 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 2007 2008 2004 2001 See how you can help prevent child accidents and deaths. Visit www.safeguardingchildrenea.co.uk or call our team on 01943 885083 Sources http://makingthelink.net/child-accident-statistics http://makingthelink.net/child-deaths-road-traffic-accidents http://makingthelink.net/common-causes-child-accidents http://makingthelink.net/deaths-child-accidents http://makingthelink.net/hospital-admissions-child-accidents http://www.apho.org.uk http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html A Division of VĪRTUAL COLLEG E http://www.hscic.gov.uk/hes http://www.healthandtransportgroup.co.uk/research/Making_the_Link.pdf HSC 031 Struck by an object Falls Poisoning Other and unspecified Smoke, fire and flames Drowning Asphyxia 2006 2005 2003 2002

Wasted Lives: Child Accidents and Deaths

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Outlining the common causes of child death and serious accidents in England and Wales

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