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Written Question · S3W-10222 · Session 3

In light of Scotland’s commitment to the European Child Safety Action Plan project, how many childhood accidental (a) fatal and (b) non-fat…

Answered Asked by Alex Neil SNP Lodged 22 Feb 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of Scotland’s commitment to the European Child Safety Action Plan project, how many childhood accidental (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal injuries there have been in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) cause of injury, (ii) category of injury and (iii) NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Shona Robison on 6 Mar 2008 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

This information has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Table 1 (Bib. number 45008) shows number of emergency hospital admissions due to unintentional injury, by cause of injury, category of injury and NHS board of residence, for under 15-year-olds, for 2000-01 to 2006-07. Table 2 (Bib. number 45009) shows the number of deaths recorded due to unintentional injury by cause of injury, category of injury and NHS board of residence, for under 15 year olds, for calendar years 2000 to 2006.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-10222 by reference.