Fortunately, childhood accidents or injuries can be prevented and not everyone has a tragic end. But Every day in the world more than 2000 children die due to unintentional or accidental injuries and every year tens of millions of hospitalized people go to hospitals with significant injuries, which can even leave them disabled for a lifetime.
They are data from a report of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, figures that should not go unnoticed when thinking that it can never happen to us. Often, parents have to see a lot in accidents suffered by children, even when they are unintended. Fruit of a mistake, an imprudence, an undetected danger ... Let's see what they are the main causes for which children die in accidents.
And above all we are interested in listing these causes because, according to the own World Report on Injury Prevention in Children, which constitutes the first comprehensive global assessment of unintentional injuries in children and offers measures to prevent them, if preventive measures of proven efficacy could be taken, the lives of at least 1000 children a day throughout the world could be saved.
Five causes of childhood deaths from injuries
According to the world report, the Five leading causes of death of children due to injuries They are:
Traffic accidents: in which 260,000 children die each year and nearly 10 million are injured. They are the leading cause of death in the group of 10 to 19 years and one of the leading causes of disability in children. The Children's Declaration for Road Safety reminds us that society does not do everything possible to protect children from these accidents.
Drowning: of which More than 175,000 children die each year and who survive about three million. The brain injuries that it leaves in some survivors makes non-fatal drowning the type of injury with the greatest health and economic impact for a lifetime. In just 20 seconds a child can drown, so we can't lose sight of them for a moment. In summer, in the pool or on the beach, we must prevent drowning.
Burns caused by fire: which are the cause of death of about 96,000 children a year, and whose death rate is 11 times higher in low and middle income countries than in high income countries. The risk of burn stalks in many places, from the kitchen to a hose.
The falls: of which about 47,000 children die each year and cause other non-fatal injuries to hundreds of thousands. Be especially careful with falls in summer, with open windows and balconies, with bunk beds ...
Unintentional poisonings: of which more than 45,000 children die each year. Never leave toxic products within the reach of the little ones, sometimes they seem like a magnet for the little ones, but a too dangerous magnet.
In summer, child accidents increase, but we must be alert to prevent them, needless to say, at any time of the year. Many children's lives could be saved up to date with proper prevention..
