“According to the latest data available from the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, consider the following statistics:

• Unintentional injury is a leading cause of death among children under age 14.
• Leading causes of accidental injury at home are burns, drowning, suffocation, choking, poisonings, falls, and fire arms.
• Burns and fires are a common cause of accidental death in children and adults, and account for an estimated 3,500 adult and child deaths per year.
• Nearly 75 percent of all scalding burns in children are preventable.
• Toddlers and children are more often burned by a scalding or flames.”

Stanford Children’s Health (www.stanfordchildrens.org)