Part III: Non-Intentional Injury-Related Deaths

Part III: Non-intentional injury-related deaths, 2013–14

Chapter 5 - Other non-intentional injury-related deaths

This section provides details of child deaths from other non-intentional injury.

Key findings

• In 2013–14, eight children and young people died in other non-intentional injury-related incidents, other than a drowning or transport incident, at a rate of 0.7deaths per 100,000 children aged 0–17 years. Overthe last fivereporting periods the number of deaths in non-intentional injury incidents each year has ranged from four to as high as 21.
• There was oneother non-intentional injury-related death as a result of fire.
• Twoof the deathswere caused by accidental threats to breathing and two were caused by exposure toinanimate mechanical forces.
• Five of the other non-intentional injury-related deaths were children in the 1–4 year age group.

Child death and injury prevention activities

Data requests

The CCYPCGprovided Queensland Child Death Register data for three data requests relating to other non-intentional injury-related incidents. Of these, two were for education/reporting purposes andone was for policy/program development. Data requested related to children trapped in cars and those who died after being struck by falling televisions.

Research collaborations and grants

The CCYPCG participated in a cross-government and industry research project for the collaborative development of injury surveillance data capture of product-related injuries and deaths.

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Other non-intentional injury-related deaths, 2013–14

A copy of Table 5.1 containing data since 2004 is available online at www.qfcc.qld.gov.au

Table 5.1: Summary of other non-intentional injury-related deaths of children and young people in Queensland, 2009–2014

Data source: Queensland Child Death Register (2009–2014)

* Rates have not been calculated for numbers less than 4.

Notes: 1.Data presented here are current in the Queensland Child Death Register as at June 2014 and thus may differ from those presented in previously published reports.

1. Rates are based on the most up-to-date denominator data available and are calculated per 100,000 children (in the age/sex/Indigenous status/ARIA region/SEIFA region) in each year.
2. The number of children known to the child protection system represents the number of children whose deaths were registered in the reporting period who were known to the Department of Communities in the 3 years prior to their death.
3. ARIA and SEIFA were not able to be calculated for children whose usual place of residence was not Queensland.
4. Average annual rates have been calculated using the estimated resident population data at June 2011 (the mid-point for the period).

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Other non-intentional injury-related deaths: Findings, 2013–14

The child deaths discussed in this chapter are those unintentional deaths that fall outside the scope of the more common non-intentional child deaths covered earlier in this report (that is, transport incidents and drowning).[1]Eight children and young people died in non-intentional injury-related incidents between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014, representing a rate of 0.7deaths per 100,000 children aged 0–17 years.[2]

Types of non-intentional injury-related deaths

Of the non-intentional injury-related deaths,two were caused by accidental threats to breathing and two were from exposure to inanimate mechanical forces. Of the fourremaining non-intentional injury-related deaths, there was one death as a result of each of the following:fall from a height; exposure to animate mechanical forces; exposure to forces of nature; andexposure to fire, smoke and flames.

Sex

There were four males and four females who died fromnon-intentional injuries.

Age

There were five non-intentional injury-related deaths withinthe 1–4 year age category, two deaths within the 5–9year age category, and one death of a 10–14 year old child.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status

OneAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childdied as a result of non-intentional injury in 2013–14.

Geographical area of usual residence (ARIA+)

Fourof the children who died as a result of a non-intentional injury in 2013–14usually resided in a regional area of Queensland, and threewere from metropolitan areas. There was one death recorded of a child from a remote area.

Socio-economic status of usual residence (SEIFA)

Four of the eightchildren and young people who died were from areas classified as low to very low socio-economic status,two were children fromhigh to very high socio-economic areas and two were from moderate socio-economic areas.

Children known to the child protection system

Two childrenwho died due to non-intentional injuries were known to the child protection system.

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[1]Refer to Appendix 5.1 for a comprehensive outline of categories of death constituting ‘other non-intentional injury-related deaths’.

[2]For the purposes of this chapter, other non-intentional injury-related deaths will be referred to as deaths caused by ‘non-intentional injury’.