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."