Quick WISQARS Statistics

[Rucker61]

WISQARS is the searchable database maintained by the CDC. I ran a query looking at causes of unintentional death for children age 0 to 17 years, from 2000 to 2010. Anyone can repeat this search, so point the anti's to the CDC


For the period and population, deaths caused by:

Nature/Environmental: 1065
Firearms accidents: 1217
Riding a bike: 1642
Falling: 1647
Walking (pedestrian): 7997
Drowning: 10,513
Passenger in a car: 20,344.

For ages 1-10 during this period, 371 died from firearms accidents while 522 drowned in the bathtub. Where's the outrage?

If they wanted to save the most lives, why aren't they teaching kids to swim, or making it illegal to have more than 2 inches of water in the tub. Tornadoes, hurricanes and lightning killed almost as many kids as firearms.

[rbeau30]

"I think sensible laws restricting the access to ____________ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _walking_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _open bodies of water_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _riding in vehicles_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _tornados_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."

[merl]

I suppose the FBI has the listing of the intentional deaths for the same age range?

[Rucker61]

The FBI tables do, but so does WISQARS, and you can customize the reports in the latter.

[KestrelBike]

"I think sensible laws restricting the access to ____________ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _walking_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _open bodies of water_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _riding in vehicles_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."
"I think sensible laws restricting the access to _tornados_ by children is something I am comfortable agreeing with."

You know what's crazy? The solution to all of the above is "RESPONSIBLE PARENTING".

[well maybe not the walking part - if the kid's a clutz some things just can't be avoided, *hey* that's life.]

[BPTactical]

You know what's crazy? The solution to all of the above is "RESPONSIBLE PARENTING".

[well maybe not the walking part - if the kid's a clutz some things just can't be avoided, *hey* that's life.]

How dare you place the responsibility of parenting on (Gasp) the parents!
The problem is we have too many sperm and egg donors and not enough parents.

[two shoes]

Did you search each cause/mechanism of injury separately? I'd love to paste this on FB but want to make sure I can replicate your results....

[KevDen2005]

If they wanted to save the most lives, why aren't they teaching kids to swim, or making it illegal to have more than 2 inches of water in the tub. Tornadoes, hurricanes and lightning killed almost as many kids as firearms.


Yes, we definitely need common sense water control and should start with common sense swim lessons. This would include forcing everyone to sign up for swim lessons and forcing anyone that purchases a water retaining device to register it.

[jhood001]

More people die every year from prescription drugs than they do from firearms... And those are just the unintentional deaths.

I wonder when the antis (who claim their motivation is the protection of human life) start championing the cause of reducing those deaths? Oh, that's right. Not scary enough.

[rbeau30]

You know what's crazy? The solution to all of the above is "RESPONSIBLE PARENTING".

[well maybe not the walking part - if the kid's a clutz some things just can't be avoided, *hey* that's life.]

And if the parents' stupidity kills one of them, the parent gets sterilized.

[Rucker61]

Did you search each cause/mechanism of injury separately? I'd love to paste this on FB but want to make sure I can replicate your results....

I googled WISQARS; clicked on "Fatal Injury Data"; then "Leading Causes of Death"; "Leading Causes of Death, 1999-2000, National or Regional"; this takes you to the customizable query page. Picked 2000-2010 as my reporting period; under Advance Options, selected custom age range 1-10; submitted the query. There you get a one column report. Click on "unintentional deaths", giving a bar chart with categories like drowning and firearms. Click on each category bar for subdivisions of that category, like drowning in a pool; drowning in a tub, etc.

[two shoes]

Thank you Sir!