Injury prevention and the attainment of child and adolescent health
Alison Harvey, Elizabeth Towner, Margie Peden, Hamid Soori & Kidist Bartolomeos
Volume 87, Number 5, May 2009, 390-394
Table 1. Unintentional injury death rates per 100 000 children aged less than 20 years by cause and country income level, world, 20041
| Country income level | Road traffic | Drowning | Fire burns | Falls | Poisons | Othera | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-income countries | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 12.2 |
| Low- to middle-income countries | 11.1 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 41.7 |
| World | 10.7 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 13.3 | 38.8 |
a ”Other” includes categories such as smothering, asphyxiation, bites, hypo/hyperthermia, as well as natural disasters.