Fact Sheet: The Real Story On Kids’ Deaths
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| 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.” |
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