4. Assault

2.

INJURY-RELATED DEATHS BY AGE AND CAUSEOrange County Residents 0–4 years old, 2011-2013

N = 40

0 - 1 year

1 year

2 years

3 years

4 years

13 total

9 total

8 total

9 total

1 total

THE LEADING CAUSES OF INJURY HOSPITALIZATIONS BY AGE Orange County Residents 0–4 years old, 2011-2013

N = 1,305

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LEADING CAUSES OF INJURY-RELATED DEATH

0-4 YEARS

LEADING CAUSES OF INJURY HOSPITALIZATION

0-4 YEARS

PROFILE OF CHILDHOOD INJURIES — 0-4 YEARS

1 State of California, Department of Public Health, Safe and Active Communities Branch

Injury Facts: Orange County children 0-4 years1

• 15,247 visits to the Emergency Department (2013).

• Each day, two children under 5 years are seriously injured.

• Foreign body/suffocation and transportation are in the top 5 forinjury-related deaths and hospitalizations.

• Drowning: Most drownings occur in pools and spas that are notproperly fenced.

• Homicide: These are children who die from child abuse inflicted byadults.

• Suffocation: These deaths occur in beds, cribs and couches, mostlyamong young infants. Safe sleep environments will prevent manyof these deaths. Young children also suffocate from choking onsmall objects and foods.

• Transportation: These children are injured most often because theyare backed over by a vehicle in a driveway, or run into the street.Or,

they are in a car crash, often unrestrained or improperlyrestrained in

the car seat.

Data analysis for this report was completed by Diane Winn, RN, MPH, http://epicenter.cdph.ca.gov, using data provided by the California Department of Public Health, Safe and Active Communities Branch

Published by the American Academy of Pediatrics Orange Country Chapter

3. Transportation

1. Drowning 1. Falls

Hospitalizations and Deaths Caused by Injury

Orange County Residents, 0-4 years old, 2011-2013

02011 2012 2013

17

500

423

382

11 12

Hospitalizations Deaths

200

800

600

400

FALLS BURNS POISONING TRANSPORTATION STRUCK BY ASSAULTENVIRONMENTSUBMERSIONSUFFOCATION OTHER 2018

5. Struck by

337

303

226 234205

2. Burns

3. Poisoning

4. Transportation

5. Foreign Body/ Suffocation

Produced By:Diane Winn, RN, MPHPhyllis Agran, MD, MPHMadalyne Handy, MPH (2018), CPH (Provisional)Brijesh Sharma, B. Sc.

Foreign Body/ Suffocation

inJURiEs REsUlTing in hosPiTAliZATion oR DEATh BY MEChAnisMOrange County Residents 0–4 years old, 2011-2013

N = 1,345 (40 deaths)

STRUCK BY/AGAINST 55 Total (3 deaths)

SUBMERSION51 Total (11 deaths)

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118 Total (7 deaths)TRANSPORTATION

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POISONING 123 Total (0 deaths)

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0 50 100 150 200 250

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0 50 100 150 200 250

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0 50 100 150 200 250

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ASSAULT21 Total (5 deaths)

OTHER/UNSPECIFIED256 Total (3 deaths)

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FALL423 Total (1 death)

INGESTION/SUFFOCATION 65 Total (10 deaths)

FOREIGN BODY

ENVIRONMENT51 Total (0 deaths)

BURN158 Total (0 deaths)

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