Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 January 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Injuries: Children

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 19 January 2008, Official Report, column 1195W, on injuries: children, what the equivalent figures were in each of the last five years.

Answer

The data for finished admission episodes for deliberate and unintended injuries (age 0-15 inclusive) are in the following table.

	Cause
	Unintended	Deliberate (intentional self-harm)	Deliberate (assaults)	Other
2006-07	121,966	7,622	3,270	606
2005-06	120,292	7,851	3,315	551
2004-05	118,607	7,004	3,121	654
2003-04	119,369	7,469	3,178	671
2002-03	115,234	6,784	2,840	624
2001-02	120,233	6,332	3,025	651
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 487 c404W; 251852
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Injuries: Children
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Children Injuries
Contains statistics: Yes
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