SynthesisJournal of global health2018
Global and regional child deaths due to injuries: an assessment of the evidence.
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- Epidemiology of road traffic injuries and fatalities among children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and factors associated with domestic accidents in children in the district of Orodara, Burkina Faso.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Time series modeling to predict mortality rates and estimate years of life lost due to injuries in West Azerbaijan province, Iran, 2013-2024.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- Financing of Trauma and Burn Prevention and Care in Malawi: A Scoping Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Mechanisms and Severity of Injuries in Infants and Children <2 Years: A Retrospective Analysis over 30 Years in a European Urban Level 1 Trauma Center.Pediatric reports · 2026Article
- Social, physical and economic drivers of unintentional injuries among children under-5 in low-resource communities in Jinja City, Uganda: a photovoice exploration.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025Article
- Risk factors for childhood falls in Ghana: A multi-center cross-sectional study.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Incidence and patterns of pediatric fractures at selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024: a multi-center cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Application of an integrated behaviour-change model on grandparental adherence towards childhood domestic injury prevention in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Management of Pediatric Superficial Partial-Thickness Burns with Polyhexamethylene Biguanide: Outcomes and Influencing Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Domestic Accidents of Children in the Orodara District of Burkina Faso: Mothers' Knowledge of First-Aid Practices.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Child injuries in Lebanon: assessing mothers' injury prevention knowledge attitude and practices.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- What is the impact of national public expenditure and its allocation on neonatal and child mortality? A machine learning analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The trend of unintentional injury-related mortality among children aged under-five years in China, 2010-2020: a retrospective analysis from a national surveillance system.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Unintentional injury deaths among children under five in Hunan Province, China, 2015-2020.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Injury in Children with Developmental Disorders: A 1:1 Nested Case-Control Study Using Multiple Datasets in Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Pediatric trauma burden in Tanzania: analysis of prospective registry data from thirteen health facilities.Injury epidemiology · 2022Article
- Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Guatemala.American journal of public health · 2021Article
- Pattern and risk factors for childhood injuries in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.African health sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundInjuries result in substantial number of deaths among children globally. The burden across many settings is largely unknown. We estimated global and regional child deaths due to injuries from publicly available evidence.
methodsWe searched for community-based studies and nationally representative data reporting on child injury deaths published after year 1990 from CINAHL, EMBASE, IndMed, LILACS, Global Health, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science. Specific and all-cause mortality due to injuries were extracted for three age groups (0-11 months, 1-4 years, and 0-4 years). We conducted random-effects meta-analysis on extracted crude estimates, and developed a meta-regression model to determine the number of deaths due to injuries among children aged 0-4 years globally and across the World Health Organization (WHO) regions.
resultsTwenty-nine studies from 16 countries met the selection criteria. A total of 230 data-points on 15 causes of injury deaths were retrieved from all studies. Eighteen studies were rated as high quality, although heterogeneity was high (I
conclusionsVarying study designs, case definitions, and particularly limited country representation from Africa and South-East Asia (where we reported higher estimates), imply a need for more studies for better population representative estimates. This study may have however provided improved understanding on child injury death profiles needed to guide further research, policy reforms and relevant strategies globally.
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