Every year, nearly 9 million children ages 0–19 are treated for injuries in emergency
departments and more than 225,000 require hospitalization at a cost of around $87 billion
in medical and societal costs related to childhood injuries. Child and adolescent unintentional
injury deaths have not declined to the same extent as other diseases have, and
resources directed at reducing child injury are not commensurate with the burden it
poses.