Table 1 Basic information of unintentional injury-related deaths in children aged under-five years in China, 2010–2020

Total number of death

5,626

5,400

4,734

4,302

4,240

3,907

3,674

3,468

2,726

2,371

2,007

42,455

death caused by injury

855(15.2%)

924(17.1%)

831(17.6%)

823(19.1%)

759(17.9%)

739(18.9%)

685(18.6%)

687(19.8%)

637(23.4%)

507(21.4%)

478(23.8%)

7,925(18.7%)

Areas

urban

106(12.4%)

126(13.6%)

88(10.6%)

113(13.7%)

118(15.6%)

142(19.2%)

122(17.8%)

133(19.4%)

121(19.0%)

112(22.0%)

109(22.9%)

1,291(16.3%)

rural

749(87.6%)

798(86.4%)

743(89.4%)

711(86.3%)

640(84.4%)

596(80.8%)

563(82.2%)

554(80.6%)

516(81.0%)

396(78.0%)

369(77.1%)

6,634(83.7%)

Sex

male

524(61.3%)

534(57.7%)

488(58.7%)

508(61.8%)

428(56.5%)

418(56.6)

403(58.8%)

386(56.1%)

367(57.6%)

294(58.0%)

291(60.9%)

4,641(58.5%)

female

331(38.7%)

390(42.3%)

343(41.3%)

315(38.2%)

331(43.5%)

321(43.4%)

282(41.2%)

301(43.9%)

270(42.4%)

213(42.0%)

187(39.1%)

3,284(41.5%)

Causes

drowning

248(29.0%)

267(28.9%)

256(30.8%)

264(32.1%)

213(28.1%)

211(28.6%)

237(34.6%)

200(29.1%)

197(30.9%)

162(32.0%)

143(29.9%)

2,398(30.3%)

traffic injury

110(12.9%)

173(18.7%)

141(17.0%)

144(17.5%)

161(21.2%)

144(19.5%)

137(20.0%)

127(18.5%)

118(18.5%)

78(15.4%)

95(19.9%)

1,428(18.0%)

suffocation

327(38.2%)

317(34.3%)

294(35.4%)

281(34.1%)

237(31.2%)

236(31.9%)

178(26.0%)

210(30.6%)

191(30.0%)

173(34.1%)

167(34.9%)

2,611(32.9%)

poisoning

54(6.3%)

49(5.3%)

29(3.5%)

25(3.0%)

38(5.0%)

46(6.2%)

28(4.1%)

36(5.2%)

30(4.7%)

16(3.2%)

20(4.2%)

371(4.7%)

falls

42(4.9%)

62(6.7%)

52(6.3%)

61(7.4%)

60(7.9%)

51(6.9%)

62(9.1%)

58(8.4%)

55(8.6%)

43(8.5%)

30(6.3%)

576(7.3%)

others

74(8.7%)

56(6.1%)

59(7.0%)

48(5.9%)

50(6.6%)

51(6.9%)

43(6.2%)

56(8.2%)

46(7.3%)

35(6.8%)

23(4.8%)

541(6.8%)