Auto accidents are among the greatest threats to child safety and are the single largest cause
of death among children between the ages of five and eight.
Although pediatric cancer is rare, it's the leading cause of disease -
related death among children who survive past infancy (in the Western world).
Safe Kids Pennsylvania is part of the Safe Kids Worldwide global network dedicated to keeping kids safe from preventable childhood injury — the number one cause of
death among children ages 1 to 19.
Despite decades of research, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of
death among children between the ages of one month to one year.
Suffocation is the leading cause of injury - related
death among children less than a year old due to the use of conventional, waterproof mattresses.
Children are also frequently victims of this type of accident, and injuries suffered as a motor vehicle occupant during a crash is the 2nd leading cause of
injury death among children in Miami - Dade County.
Here's a statistic that every parent needs to know: According to the Centers for Disease Control, drowning is responsible for
more deaths among children ages 1 - 4 than any other cause except birth defects.
Although motor vehicle
occupant deaths among children in the United States have declined in the past decade, more deaths could be prevented if restraints were always used.
Other, more unexpected safety features include a driver attention warning system, ultrasonic - based Rear Seat Occupant Alert (to curb hot
car deaths among children and pets) and Safe Exit Assist, which temporarily prevents doors from being opened into traffic when the system detects that a vehicle (including cars, bicycle and motorcycle) is approaching from behind.
The 2012 flu season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was a particularly severe one with a higher number of flu - related deaths including 149
confirmed deaths among children.
This chapter considers Australian governments» progress towards meeting the COAG Closing the Gap health targets: that is, to achieve life expectancy equality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians by 2030; and to halve Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander deaths among children ages 0 - 4 years by 2018.
After enhancement, there was also a greater proportional increase in reported deaths among those aged 75 years and over, compared to younger adult age groups, while the proportional increase in
reported deaths among children and young people was quite variable between age groups.
Near drownings and drownings are not to be taken lightly, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that drowning is the second leading cause of injury - related
death among children under the age of 15.
In Canada, drowning is the number one cause of unintentional
injury deaths among children one to four years of age and the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years
Motor - vehicle collisions remain a leading cause of
death among children younger than 4 years and the leading cause of death among older children in the United States, in part because child passengers continue to be unrestrained, and 20 percent of 1 - to 3 - year - olds and nearly half of 4 - to 7 - year - olds do not use the recommended restraint for their age.
Based on computer projections, the bureau predicts that AIDS will cancel out years of efforts to
reduce deaths among children in developing nations.
Studies, however, demonstrate that the rate of accidents, injuries, disease, and
death among the children of Christians is no different than the rates for the children of non-Christians.
Drowning is the leading cause of injury - related
death among children between 1 and 4 years old and it's the third leading cause of death among children in the United States.
A report from the World Health Organisation on the progress in implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes suggests «breastfeeding has the potential to prevent about 800 000
deaths among children under five each year.»
The World Health Organisation says: «Globally, breastfeeding has the potential to prevent about 800,000
deaths among children under five each year if all children 0 — 23 months were optimally breastfed.»
The lack of or inadequate breastfeeding practices alone result in almost 12 per cent of
all deaths among children under age 5.1
Conclusions and Implications for Public Health Practice: Although the annual rate is declining, unintentional injury remains the leading cause of
death among children and adolescents in the United States, led by motor vehicle traffic — related deaths.
Childhood cancer is one of the leading causes of
death among children, and while the evidence is still limited, studies are showing that breastfeeding for at least six months can reduce a child's risk.
Globally, breastfeeding has the potential to prevent about 800 000
deaths among children under five each year if all children 0 — 23 months were optimally breastfed.
Newborn, or neonatal, deaths account for 46 % of
all deaths among children under 5.
WHO says malnutrition is responsible for one - third of the nearly nine million
deaths among children under age five every year.
Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of
death among children under 5, responsible for nearly 1 million deaths in 2015; many survivors face a lifetime of disability, including learning disabilities and visual and hearing problems.
A 7 - point plan for comprehensive diarrhoea control Diarrhoea remains the second leading cause of
death among children under five globally.
But infant formula is not equivalent to breastmilk; it does not contain all the essential nutrients or antibodies to protect children from diarrhoea, pneumonia or malnutrition — some of the top causes of
death among children under age 5.