250px Based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) WISQARS database for the latest year of data (2010), serious injury kills nearly 10,000<unk>  in America each year. Pediatric trauma accounted for 59.5% of all mortality for<unk>  under 18 in 2004. Injury is the leading cause of death in this age group in the United States—greater than all other causes combined. It is also the leading cause of permanent paralysis for<unk> . In the US approximately 16,000,000<unk>  go to a hospital emergency room due to some kind of injury every year. Male<unk>  are more frequently injured than female<unk>  by a ratio of two to one. Some injuries, including chemical eye burns, are more common among young<unk>  than among their adult counterparts; these are largely due to cleaning supplies and similar chemicals commonly found around the home. Similarly, penetrating injuries in<unk>  is because of writing utensils and other common household objects as many are readily available to<unk>  in the course of their day.
Trauma in children
Childhood cancer
Pediatric stroke
Childhood acquired brain injury
Pediatric concussion
Traumatic brain injury
Acquired brain injury
Child bone fracture