By WHO Regional Office for Europe
Accidents are a number one reason behind dying and incapacity in young children. This file provides facts on how they are often avoided and demands better dedication and motion from policy-makers and practitioners to diminish the load. each year, accidental accidents kill approximately 42,000 youngsters and teens below the age of 20 within the WHO ecu zone. accidents are the major reason for demise between these elderly 5-19 years, and five out of 6 of those deaths happen in low- and middle-income international locations. regardless of kingdom source of revenue, the weight falls disproportionately on childrens from the main deprived teams. The top sorts of unintended accidents are street site visitors accidents, drowning, poisoning, burns and falls. All harm forms have related major reasons and socioeconomic and environmental determinants. youngsters are rather susceptible to accidents and want particular attention to shield their rights to wellbeing and fitness and secure environments, unfastened from harm. This record, better half to the area file on baby damage Prevention, provides the proof on either the good power for harm prevention and the effectiveness and cost for cash of measures already in use in eu nations with low harm mortality. It indicates why healthiness platforms and especially courses for baby overall healthiness through the WHO ecu quarter should still provide precedence to fighting and controlling baby harm.
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This chapter augments information in the World report on child injury prevention (2) with Europe-specific data, and recommendations relevant to the rich and diverse circumstances in countries. 1 Mortality RTIs kill 16 400 children and young people aged under 20 each year in the European Region (3). These deaths comprise 38% of all unintentional injury deaths in this age group (Fig. 1), 13% of all RTI deaths for all ages combined in the Region and almost 6% of all child deaths worldwide (262 400) (2).
Four adolescents die in two car crashes in Lugo and Hueva. The driver of the vehicle that crashed in Galicia who was returning from a “botellón” had a positive alcohol test and was not injured. DIARIA SUR, Malaga, Diario Sur Digital, SL. es/20071001/espana/fallecen-cuatro-adolescentes-accidentes-20071001. html, accessed 10 November 2008). Zero-tolerance alcohol laws Laws on minimum legal drinking age 4FWFSBM BVUIPSJUBUJWF JOUFSOBUJPOBM SFQPSUT TQFDJGJDBMMZ recommend interventions to reduce motor vehicle JOKVSJFT (1,50) 5BCMF SFQSPEVDFT UIF MBUFTU 8)0 recommendations (2), which this report fully endorses BOE EFTDSJCFT JO NPSF EFUBJM CFMPX *O BEEJUJPO
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The drinks are consumed from shared bottles or one-litre plastic glasses. Drinking on the street has always been permitted in Spain, but the botellón phenomenon appeared in the 1990s and has grown gradually since then. The gathering usually lasts 2–4 hours and is the first thing that many young people do each weekend. In some cities, parties attract over 3000 people every Saturday night, but they can be as big as 70 000 people. Botellón generates problems besides RTIs: noise, dirt, economic losses to legal businesses, other health consequences and legal issues.
