Section 8: Arm Yourself With The Facts

Fact Sheet: The Real Story On Kids’ Deaths

Written by admin Published: 29 September 2008

Fact Sheet: The Real Story On Kids’ Deaths
Cause Number (Ages 0-14) Number (Ages 0-4)
Motor-vehicle 2,591 819
Drowning 943 568
Fires and flames 593 327
Mechanical suffocation 601 508
Ingestion of food, object* 169 169
Firearms 86 19
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.”