Background Non-natural mortality in children and adolescents is a global public health
problem that varies widely from country to country. Data on child and adolescent …

Objectives To examine the pattern and trend of deaths due to external causes among Polish
children and adolescents in 1999–2012, and to compare trends in Poland's neighboring …

Background: In 1998, a UNICEF report quantified the large East–West gap in Europe in child
mortality from external causes (injuries and violence). In the past decade, much has …

Background Injury is the major cause of death and suffering among children and
adolescents, but awareness of the problem and political commitment for preventive actions …

Background Several important socio-behavioral public health problems that either peak or
start during the second decade of life contribute to young people's mortality. The aim of this …

Abstract Among European countries, the Netherlands has the second lowest child mortality
rate from external causes. We present an overview, discuss possible explanations, and …

Objectives—To examine the relationship between the magnitude, and the relative
importance of unintentional child injury mortality with socioeconomic development, and to …

Background The injury mortality rates around the globe show considerable country-to-
country differences and the rates have decreased at very different speeds. In Finland, the …

Background: The aim was to examine temporal trends in injury mortality and morbidity
across 30 countries in Europe and North America, and the impact of regional geography and …

Background In this study, we estimated the trend of unintentional injury mortality among
children aged under-five years in China during 2010–2020. Methods Data were obtained …