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6.5 Leading causes of injury-related deaths of children aged 0–14 in the world, UMIC and China, 2016
CHAPTER 6 CHILD INJURY
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Source: WHO, ‘Global Health Estimates 2016 Summary Tables’, 2018
Figure 6.5
According to WHO global health estimates in 2016, globally, drowning and road traffic injuries are the two leading causes of deaths among children aged 0–14, accounting for 42.5 per cent; the percentage in upper-middle-income countries is 47.1 per cent; while in China, this percentage is 57.6 per cent. Foundational data used by WHO for estimation are provided by individual countries, however, due to the use of different estimation methods and age groups, the WHO estimates differ from those published by China CDC.