Suffer the children: UNICEF's second Innocenti Report Card, which focuses on child deaths by type of injury, ranks Canada 18th of 26 OECD nations for deaths from both intentional and unintentional injuries among children 1 -14 years of age during 1991 -199

In this issue, Birken and coauthors document a substantial decline from 1971 to 1998 in the rate of unintentional injuries among Canadian children living in urban areas.

In a related commentary Howard calls for, among several measures, greater injury prevention advocacy to help reduce the number of children injured in Canada every year.

In a related editorial, Dr. Richard Stanwick states that if Canada were to make a concerted and ultimately successful effort in reducing child poverty, the country's standing among OECD nations should improve in future UNICEF report cards.

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