ABSTRACT
Epidemiology of Pediatric Trauma In juries rem ain the n u m b er one cause o f death and d isability am ong children
and adolescents. M ost deaths th a t occur in ch ild ren occur in th e prehosp ital setting; thus in ju ry p reven tion p rogram s are the m o st effective m eth o d o f p reven ting death follow ing injury. D a ta on the m echan ism o f in ju ry in ped ia tric trau m a collected by the N ationa l Pediatric T raum a Registry (N P T R ) is show n in Figure 45 .1 .
