Childhood injuries: extent of the problem, epidemiological trends, and costs

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In England and Wales in 1995, 590 children aged 1 month to 15 years died as a result of injury or poisoning (table 1).2 Injury and poisoning deaths, both unintentional and intentional, accounted for nearly one in five deaths among children in this age group (18.5% of the total), and were the leading cause of death among children aged 28 days to 15 years.2 (Published national data are not available for older teenagers, for example 15–19 years, as their deaths are combined with those of adults in the age groupings.)

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