Approximately 22,000 children die secondary to trauma in the United States each year, representing a mortality rate of 30.3 per 100,000 children.
Injuries kill more children than all other causes of death combined.
Seventy percent of the deaths among teenagers are due to injury. For every injury-related death, there are 45 hospital admissions, and 13,000 visits to Emergency Departments for trauma related injury. Accidents are unpredictable acts of fate, over which we have no control. Preventing Bicycle Injuries in Children. In bicycle trauma, factors relating to the environment, the bicycle itself and the child's behavior must all be considered when examining the causes of bicycle accidents.