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Statistics on Child
Accidents, by Category. This list of products linked to child death is by no means
comprehensive. Many items responsible for accidental child death or injury are not
included in the list below
SOURCE: Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| Residential Structure Fires
(under age 15) |
1,100/yr |
| Bicycles (children & adults) |
1,000/yr |
| Drowning
(home pools & spas, under age 5) |
300+/yr |
| Cigarette Lighters (played with
by kids under 5) |
150/yr |
| Accidental Household Poisonings
(under age 5) |
50/yr |
| Baby Cribs (older cribs, wide
slats, corner posts, Etc.) |
50/yr |
| Beds/Waterbeds/Soft Bedding
Products (suffocations) |
40+/yr |
Bucket Drownings (5-gallon
buckets) Note: Hundreds more
children have drowned in homes since 1973 in bathtubs, basins,
showers, toilets, diaper pails and baby bath seats |
36/yr |
| Windows (falls from open windows;
age 10 & younger) |
18/yr |
| Riding Lawn mowers & Garden
Tractors |
15/yr |
| Playground Equipment &
Surfacing |
15/yr |
| Plastic Bags |
15/yr |
| Window Blind/Drapery Cords
(hanging) |
12/yr |
| Hair Dryers (electrocutions of
children under 10) |
10/yr |
| Child Entrapment - In appliances,
coolers, etc. |
8/yr |
| Infant Cushions/Pillows
(suffocation) |
7/yr |
| Children's Balloons (choking) |
6/yr |
| Strings/Cords/Necklaces
(pacifiers, toys, clothing) |
6/yr |
| Automatic Garage Doors
(crushing/choking) |
5/yr |
| Small Balls & Marbles
(choking) |
4/yr |
| Playpens (including mesh
drop-sided playpens) |
4/yr |
| High Chairs |
3/yr |
| Infant Carrier Seats |
3/yr |
| BB/Pellet Guns (child & adult
deaths) |
2+/yr |
| Toy Boxes/Chests (without lid
supports) |
2/yr |
| Bunk Beds |
2/yr |
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