Child injuries
Child injuries are a global public health problem. According to WHO Global Burden of Disease data, in 2002, over 700 000 children under the age of 15 were killed by an injury. Injuries are the leading cause of death for children after their first birthday. There is also high morbidity associated with childhood injuries: for every injured child who dies, there are several thousand children who live on with varying degrees of disability. A large proportion of these injuries (for example, falls, burns, drownings) occur in either the home or in leisure environments.
Related links
- Injury: A leading cause of the global burden of disease, 2000 (2002) [pdf 28.2Mb]
- The injury chartbook: A graphical overview of the global burden of disease [pdf 495kb]
- WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
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Statistical annex from WHR 2005: Make every mother and child count (see Table 3)
pdf, 764kb - UNICEF Innocenti Report
- TASC national injury surveys
