Ensuring child safety is critical to help reduce the risk of injury and death for infants, children and adolescents.
The types of risk vary based on a child or adolescents age group.
- Infants and young children are at greater risk of accidental asphyxia deaths, which often result from unsafe sleeping environments and parents co-sleeping with their children. Sadly, they are also at greater risk of homicide by abuse and neglect.
- Adolescents are at greater risk of motor vehicle accidents, suicide, and drug overdoses.
- All age groups are at risk of drowning, especially children between ages one and four.
Prevent Accidents and Deaths for Children and Adolescents
Accidental Overdoses/Over-the-Counter Medications
Burns
Choking
Drowning
Falls
Furniture Hazards
Medical Safety
Poisoning
Road Traffic Injuries
Safe Sleeping
Sports Injuries
Suicide
Weapons
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