The Who, Where and Why of Accidental Childhood Deaths

From 2000 to 2005, about 55 million U.S. children had nonfatal accidents. During the same period, about 70,000 children died from accidents and other causes. Accidents were the biggest single cause of death among Americans age 19 and younger.
Of the 44 percent who died of unintentional injuries . . .

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "Childhood Injury Report"; National Vital Statistics System GRAPHIC: Bill Webster - The Washington Post

This Story How Kids Get Hurt Article \| Can a parent imagine something worse than the death of a child? Perhaps only the thought that it might have been prevented. The Who, Where and Why of Accidental Childhood Deaths		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "Childhood Injury Report"; National Vital Statistics System GRAPHIC: Bill Webster - The Washington Post ¬es=From 2000 to 2005, about 55 million U.S. children had nonfatal accidents. During the same period, about 70,000 children died from accidents and other causes. Accidents were the biggest single cause of death among Americans age 19 and younger. Of the 44 percent who died of unintentional injuries . . ." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, Prevention "Childhood Injury Report"; National Vital Statistics System GRAPHIC: Bill Webster - The Washington Post \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Nation News » washingtonpost.com
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