[Injury and poisoning mortality rate among children and adolescents in Poland during the years 1980-1985].
In 1980-1985 injuries and poisoning were the cause of 50 percent of death in Polish children. A slow decrease of mortality in girls and rural boys was observed in last years. In every age group injuries and poisoning mortality were higher in boys than girls. The difference between sexes increase with age and in age group 15-19 years mortality from these causes is four times higher in boys than in girls. In every age group mortality was also higher in rural young population then in urban. Asphyxia and suffocation were the main external cause of infant death. Starting from the age 1-4 the main cause of death were traffic accidents followed in older age by drowning and suicide.
Roszkowska
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Zakład Statystyki Medycznej Państwowego Zakładu Higieny w Warszawie.
Goryński
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*
Zgony dzieci i młodziezy w Polsce w latach 1980-1985 z powodu urazow i zatruć.