Across Canada, injuries are the leading cause of death among our youth—those defined by
the World Health Organization as being 12–24 years of age. The transition to adulthood …

Canada is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the world. A crucial part of
this view is based on Canada's approach to public health, which has achieved measurable …

Background When you work at a hospital with sick and injured children, you passionately
want to improve these children's lives-and the lives of their families. It is even better to find …

Age-adjusted mortality rates for death due to injuries have decreased in Canada in recent
years,'but that is no reason for complacency. Injuries are still the leading killer of our …

In December 2008, WHO and UNICEF released the World report on child injury prevention1
in Hanoi, Vietnam. This long awaited report, which has benefited from the contribution of …

Among 1–19-year olds, unintentional injuries accounted for 12% of 5.1 million global deaths
from injuries in 2010. Despite this high burden, childhood injuries have not received much …

Unintentional injury in children and adolescents have raised public health concerns in
recent years, because it is the leading cause of death, a physical burden for the injured …

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF released the World report on child injury
prevention in December 2008. 1 The report emphasises that over 1 million children around …

A. ABSTRACT Background: Even though patterns of health shift markedly across
adolescence and young adulthood, the effects on mortality patterns globally have received …

Injuries are currently a leading cause of death and disability in the world and account for
more than 5 million deaths each year. 1 Globally, injuries are among the ten leading causes …