Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7059710.17816/kazmj70597Research ArticleChildren death rate as a result of external causesUmyarovaF. R.<p>Department of Biomedical and Medical Law with a course in the history of medicine</p>info@eco-vector.comKazan State Medical UniversityDepartment of Maternal and Child Health Protection, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan151119998064564581405202114052021Copyright © 1999, Umyarova F.R.1999<p>The social and hygienic aspects of the reath rate of children and teenagers as a result of accidents, traumas and intoxication are studied. Higher level of the death rate of children living in rural regions, especially of males is revealed. The basic cause of unfavourable incomes in unnatural death in children aged up to one was asphyxia as a result of aspiration of food and vomiting, older than one were drowning and road-transport accidents, from 10 to 14 suicides, from 15 to 17 suicides and road-transport accidents. The coordinated and interdisciplinary measures are necessary to solve the problem connected with accidents and injuries in children.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив