UNICEF: A league table of child deaths by injury in rich nations.

UNICEF has recently (February 2001) published the second of its “Innocenti Report Cards” entitled A league table of child deaths by injury in rich nations. It produces, for the first time, a standardized league table of the wealthiest nations (26 of the 29 OECD member states) ranking them according to deaths from unintentional and intentional injuries in 1–14 year old children. Using mortality data from WHO, injury deaths per 100 000 children for the latest five year period, 1991–95, are presented, together with the rates …