Child deaths due to injury in the four UK countries: a time trends study from 1980 to 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injuries are an increasingly important cause of death in children worldwide, yet injury mortality is highly preventable. Determining patterns and trends in child injury mortality can identify groups at particularly high risk. We compare trends in child deaths due to injury in four UK countries, between 1980 and 2010.

Methods

We obtained information from death certificates on all deaths occurring between 1980 and 2010 in children aged 28 days to 18 years and resident in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Injury deaths were defined by an external cause code recorded as the underlying cause of death. Injury mortality rates were analysed by type of injury, country of residence, age group, sex and time period.

Results

Child mortality due to injury has

SUBMITTER: Hardelid P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3707924 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature