Children often times get bumps and bruises from falling down or playing sports. Most injuries are not serious, but many times they are. Injuries are a primary reason why children are admitted to an emergency room and hospital. Our Michigan child injury lawyers have gathered the following statistics from the National Safety Council, the
Fatal Injuries
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were about 2,800 children, ages 1-14, which died from an unintentional injury. Injuries are the leading cause of death among children and young adults. Airway obstruction injury is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for infants under the age of one.
In addition, approximately 45% of unintentional injury deaths occurred in and around the home. Some of the most common reasons of these kinds of deaths include:
- Fire and burns
- Suffocation
- Drowning
- Firearms
- Falls
- Choking
- Poisoning
The number two cause of unintentional injury-related deaths for children (ages 1-14) is drowning. Most drownings or near-drownings occur in residential swimming pools and in open water park sites. However, as little as one inch of water is enough for a child to drown in.
Unintentional Injuries
The number one cause of unintentional injuries for children is due to falls. Children ages 14 and under make up one third of all fall-related hospital emergency room visits. Also, in 2003 about 285,600 children were treated in the
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