Citation

Roszkowska H, Goryński P. Przegl. Epidemiol. 1990; 44(3): 231-239.

Vernacular Title

Zgony dzieci i mlodziezy w Polsce w latach 1980-1985 z powodu urazow i zatruc.

Affiliation

Zakład Statystyki Medycznej Państwowego Zakładu Higieny w Warszawie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2084806

Abstract

In 1980-1985 injuries and poisoning were the cause of 50 percent of death in Polish children. A slow decrease of mortality in girls and rural boys was observed in last years. In every age group injuries and poisoning mortality were higher in boys than girls. The difference between sexes increase with age and in age group 15-19 years mortality from these causes is four times higher in boys than in girls. In every age group mortality was also higher in rural young population then in urban. Asphyxia and suffocation were the main external cause of infant death. Starting from the age 1-4 the main cause of death were traffic accidents followed in older age by drowning and suicide.

Language: pl