Fact Sheet: The Real Story On Kids' Deaths

Fact Sheet: The Real Story On Kids' Deaths

Cause Number (Ages 0-14) Number (Ages 0-4)

Motor-vehicle 2,591 819

Drowning 943 568

Fires and flames 593 327

Mechanical suffocation 601 508

Ingestion of food, object* 169 169

Firearms 86 19

Source: Figures are for 2000. National Safety Council, Injury Facts: 2003 Edition, at 10-11, 129.
* The "Ingestion of food, object" category is underreported in the first column since the NSC did not include death rates for "5 to 14 Years."