id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-018585-hrl5ywth Sens, Mary Ann Other Pediatric Accidental Deaths 2014-02-10 .txt text/plain 13763 733 50 Topics covered include deaths associated with motorized and nonmotorized vehicles including pedestrian, occupant, and operator fatalities; farming and ranching deaths; drowning, boating, and diving deaths; fires and burns, including electrical deaths; animal-related deaths; falls; and airway-associated deaths. Each year in the United States (USA), about 1,400 children under the age of 14 years are fatally injured while passengers in motor vehicles, and another 200,000 sustain injuries, many of which significantly impair the child's quality of life (Department of Transportation (US), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 2009). Pedestrian accidental deaths are more common in males and in children from minority groups, particularly in lower socioeconomic areas (American Academy of Pediatrics Committee Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention 2009). Infants' and young children's skin is more susceptible to thermal and scalding injury (Diller 2006) , and burns can occur within 3 seconds with water temperatures 140 F (60 C) or higher (Feldman et al. ./cache/cord-018585-hrl5ywth.txt ./txt/cord-018585-hrl5ywth.txt