Accident Statistics

Injuries are a major source of childhood emergency department and hospital admissions. Accident statistics from the National Safety Council, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and other sources tell us that:

• Injury is the leading cause of death in children and young adults.
  
  
• In 2001, nearly 314,000 children ages 14 and under were treated in the US for bicycle-related injuries, and 168 died from this type of injury in 2000.
  
  
• The types of trauma that cause death in children (in order of frequency) are:
  
  
  • motor-vehicle accidents
  • drowning
  • fires/burns
  • suffocation and choking
  • firearms
  • falls
  • poisonings
    
    
• In 2000, approximately 2,300 children ages 14 and under died from accidents in the home.
  
  
• Children from birth to 4 years old account for nearly 56 percent of deaths in house fires.

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