Malta

Malta

Introduction

In spite of decreases over the last 20 years, injury remains the leading cause of child and adolescent death and disability in Malta.

Injury prevention work to address child and adolescent injury in Malta is led by the Ministry of Health the Elderly and Community Care together with the Education Division and other stakeholders. Malta is represented on the European Child Safety Alliance Steering Group by the Health and Safety Unit of the Department of Planning and Development, Education Division and the Ministry of Health.

The current priority areas for child and adolescent injury prevention and safety promotion in Malta include beginning development of a Child Safety Action Plan as part of the second phase of the Child Safety Action Plan, road safety and home safety.

Country Contact

Christine Baluci MD MSc

Department for Environmental Health Policy Coordination Unit
34, The Annex
Antonio Nani Street
Ta' Xbiex
XBX 1086 MALTA

Phone: +356 21312482
Email: christine.baluci@gov.mt

Child Safety Action Planning

Below you will find a 2009 Child Safety Report Card and Profile for Malta, who was a participant country in phase II of the Child Safety Action Plan initiative. Development of a national child safety action plan is in progress.

Injury Data

The Injury Data section provides bar graphs comparing Malta's injury death rates with the injury death rates for the other countries in the WHO European Region. Bar graphs are provided in PDF format for easy download for all unintentional injury deaths and by external cause of unintentional injury topic using data from the WHO Mortality Database and the European Report on Child Injury Prevention. In addition, bar graphs for suicide and homicide are also provided, however these data are slightly older.

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  • All unintentional injury deaths (data unavailable)
  • Road traffic (data unavailable)
  • Breakdown of road traffic by type of road user (data unavailable)
  • Drowning (data unavailable)
  • Poisoning (data unavailable)
  • Thermal injuries (data unavailable)
  • Falls (data unavailable)
  • Other unintentional injuries (data unavailable)
  • Breakdown of non-road traffic unintentional injury (data unavailable)
  • Homicide
  • Suicide