Citation

Göpfert A, Sethi D, Rakovac I, Mitis F. Eur. J. Public Health 2015; 25(4): 660-662.

Affiliation

1 Division of Noncommunicable Disease and Promoting Health Through the Life-Course.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/eurpub/ckv100

PMID

26045525

Abstract

In this short report, we describe and compare mortality data for injuries in children aged <15 years in the WHO European region as estimated by the WHO Global Health Estimates for 2000 and 2011. Child injury deaths have decreased overall. Mortality rate ratios between low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries in the region show an increase in relative inequalities for childhood deaths from unintentional injuries and a narrowing from intentional injury. This growing inequality in unintentional injury is a public health concern and calls for renewed efforts to reduce childhood injuries in LMIC the region.

Language: en