Injury mortality among children and teenagers in Mexico, 1997
- 1Departamento de Salud Pública, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2Departamento de Salud Pública, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara and Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud del Adolescente, IMSS Jalisco, Mexico
- Correspondence to: Dr Alfredo Celis, Av Naciones Unidad #6754 9B, Virreyes Residencial, 45110, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Injury mortality rates among children and teenagers have been published for the United States,1 Australia,2 New Zealand,3 and England and Wales,4 all of them high income countries. No such statistics are available from middle or low income countries, where the injury picture is different.5 Table 1 summarizes injury mortality rates among children and teenagers in Mexico, a middle income country. We chose …







