Fact Sheet: The Real Story On Kids' Deaths
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| Cause |
Number (Ages 0-14) |
Number (Ages 0-4) |
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Motor-vehicle |
2,591
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819
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Drowning |
943
|
568
|
|
Fires and flames |
593
|
327
|
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Mechanical suffocation |
601
|
508
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Ingestion of food, object* |
169
|
169
|
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Firearms |
86
|
19
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Source: Figures are for 2000. National Safety Council, Injury Facts: 2003
Edition, at 10-11, 129.
* The "Ingestion of food, object" category is underreported in the first column since the NSC did not include death rates for "5 to 14 Years."
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