CDC childhood injury report; patterns of unintentional injuries among 0-19 year olds in the United States, 2000-2006

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• Alternative Title:
  Childhood injury report : patterns of unintentional injuries among 0-19 year olds in the United States, 2000-2006
• Personal Author:
  Ballesteros, Michael F. ; Borse, Nagesh N. ; Dellinger, Ann M. ; Gilchrist, Julie ; Rudd, Rose Anne ; Sleet, David A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention. ; National Electronic Injury Surveillance System ; National Vital Statistics System (U.S.)
• Description:
  "Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in the United States. This report uses data from the National Vital Statistics System and the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - All Injury Program to provide an overview of unintentional injuries related to drowning, falls, fi res or burns, transportation-related injuries, poisoning, and suffocation, among others during the period 2000 - 2006. Results are presented by age group and sex, as well as the geographic distribution of injury death rates by state" - p. 3
• Content Notes:
  Nagesh N. Borse, Julie Gilchrist, Ann M. Dellinger, Rose A. Rudd, Michael F. Ballesteros, David A. Sleet.
  
  "December 2008."
  
  "The release of this CDC Childhood Injury Report coincides with the launch of the World Report on Child Injury Prevention (2008) developed by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Our report complements the World Report and highlights the nature of the problem in the United States." - p. 5
  
  References: p. 102-103.
  
  Borse NN, Gilchrist J, Dellinger AM, Rudd RA, Ballesteros MF, Sleet DA. CDC Childhood Injury Report: Patterns of Unintentional Injuries among 0 -19 Year Olds in the United States, 2000-2006. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2008.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Child Child Mortality Child Welfare Population Surveillance Wounds And Injuries/epidemiology Wounds And Injuries/etiology Wounds And Injuries/mortality
• Document Type:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 114 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:844b21835e7ca663833dcba00a539e57a830a028237ccedd45dfe7eae8360a90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5155/cdc_5155_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.02 MB ]