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Source: World Health Organization and UNICEF
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1. Road crashes kill 260 000 children a year and injure about 10 million. They are the leading cause of death among youths ages 10 to 19, and a leading cause of child disability.
2. Drowning kills more than 175 000 children annually. Up to 3 million children each year survive a drowning incident. Due to brain damage in some survivors, nonfatal drowning has the highest average lifetime health and economic impact of any type of injury. The second leading cause of fatal injuries for children worldwide affects children in low- and middle-income countries and demographics, or those who have access to poorly supervised pools. For example, in the United States, most children drown in a pool or lake — but sometimes it's the unattended child left in the bathtub or in the backyard with a bucket of water. Drowning occurs at three times the national rate in communities of colour.
"It takes very little time, with very little water for a child to drown," Arias said. "A toddler who falls into a bucket that only has 4 inches of water is going to drown if he’s not pulled out."
3. Fire-related burns kill nearly 96 000 children a year, and the death rate is 11 times higher in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries.
4. Nearly 47,000 children fall to their deaths every year, but hundreds of thousands more sustain less serious injuries from a fall.
5. More than 45 000 children die each year from unintended poisoning.
Source: World Health Organization and UNICEF
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