Statistics and research on accidents among preschoolers

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The information was taken from Safekids' Family Health Guide if you need to cite where the information came from. The information looks at all the major areas of danger and provides a safety checklist for caregivers to reduce the risk. All you need to do is decide on your brochure design and put the information in.

Overview
Childhood injuries mostly occur at home, on the roads or during play.
Falls are the most common cause of childhood injury.
Other common causes include burns, poisoning, and being cut by glass.
Children's toys must be safe and appropriate for their age.
Helmets should always be used when cycling, skateboarding or roller-blading.
Keep matches and lighters away from children, and make sure lighters are childproof.

Common causes of injury:
Accidents are one of the biggest causes of death and injury among children, but much can be done to help prevent them.
Falls are the most common cause of injury for children of all ages, but common causes of death include child passengers injured in motor vehicle accidents, injuries to child pedestrians, and drownings.
For young children under four years of age accidental suffocation, burns and scalds, are included in the leading causes of death.
School aged children are more at risk of death from biking accidents and falls.
For younger children their homes are the most common site of injury, and between the ages of 5 - 9 years, playground injuries begin to feature more prominently.
Ten to 14 year olds are more at risk of being injured during sports games and recreation activities, and from cycling and car accidents.

Water Safety
An estimated 40 percent of drownings in under five year olds happen in home pools, but for babies under the age of one, the bath is the most common site of drowning.
The bath is also a common site of drowning for all children under five, but becomes less of a risk as the child grows older.
Toddlers are at risk of drowning in buckets, paddling pools and other containers of water. They become less at risk after the age of four.
Children over the age of five are more at risk of drowning outside the home environment. Only 13 percent of drowning occurs around the home. Common sites include other pools (13%), rivers (23%), surf beaches (8.5%), other salt water environments (26.5%), and other fresh water sites (16%).

Safety checklist:
Never leave a baby or young child alone in a bath
If you have to answer the phone or door, take the child with you
Never leave ...