Spain

Spain

Introduction

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

Injury prevention work to address child and adolescent injury in Spain is led by the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Spain is represented on the European Child Safety Alliance Steering Committee by the Spanish Pediatric Association, the Spanish Society of Pediatric Surgery and the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo.

The current priority areas for child and adolescent injury prevention and safety promotion in Spain include home safety.

Country Contact

Jorge Parise

Hospital Universario 12 de Octubre
Hospital Infantil
Ada Córdoba s/n
28041 MADRID
SPAIN

Phone: +34 91 390 8338
Fax: +34 91 390 8375
Email: j.j.parise@hotmail.com
Website: www.h12o.es

Child Safety Action Planning

Below you will find Child Safety Report Cards and Profiles for Spain, who was a participant country in both phases of the Child Safety Action Plan initiative. Development of a national action plan is in progress.

Injury Data

The Injury Data section provides bar graphs comparing Spain'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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