As part of the “Protect the Ones You Love” initiative, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report listing the top types of fatal injuries in children and teens. Unintentional injuries account for the greatest number of deaths in children and teens up to 19 years old. The CDC included this data in the “Protect the Ones You Love” initiative in order to raise awareness and to prevent injuries like these from occurring. Death rates are per 100,000 people and are listed in parentheses.

The Top 7 Causes of Unintentional Fatal Injuries in Children up to 19 years old (2000-2005) are:

1. Transportation-related (9.8 deaths per 100,000 children)
2. Drowning (1.4)
3. Suffocation (1.2)
4. Other Injuries (0.9)
5. Poisoning (0.8)
6. Fires or Burns (0.7)
7. Falls (0.2)

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_{Source: CDC Childhood Injury Report: Patterns of Unintentional Injuries among 0–19 Year Olds in the United States, 2000 – 2006, CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, 2000-2005. http://www.cdc.gov/safechild/Child_Injury_Data.htm}

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