Steve Barron, Research Analyst, INIsPHO presented “Child and young person injury mortality in Ireland and Northern Ireland; Preliminary data from the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland” at the HSE Seminar on Injury Prevention to Children & Young People at Croke Park, Dublin on 2 October 2007. Also presenting was Morag MacKay, Programme Manager, European Child Safety Alliance on “Enhancing Child Safety in Europe”.

Data on injury to young people aged 0-19 years on the island of Ireland showed that mortality rates have declined since 1995 and that rates are higher in Ireland than in Northern Ireland. The leading cause of injury death to young people is motor vehicle traffic accidents and interest was expressed in further data on this topic such as seat-belt use and road conditions that are not generally included in vital statistics data. Data from the EU Mortality database showed that more children (aged 1-14 years) die of injuries than all other childhood diseases combined. European data also showed large inequalities in injury deaths between the least and most deprived countries.
 

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• SBarron presentation HSE Injury Seminar 2 Oct 07

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