UNICEF's child injury league tables: a bag of mixed messages

This editorial piece discusses the UNICEF report (see rec # 4757). It talks about the numbers and their comparison. From the data they present a new table which depicts the "Rate of improvement in child injury deaths, 1971-75 to 1991-95, by country. " In other words, it ranks countries by the extent of improvement they have made since the 1970s. This new table comprises three groups: those in the top 9, all of whom experienced 60% or greater changes for the better over the last 25 years (Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Canada and others). This is followed by a middle group with changes ranging from 50% to 60% (Australia, UK, Switzerland and others). Finally, bringing up the rear, with less than 50% improvement are Greece, USA, Portugal, New Zealand and others (New Zealand ranks 19 out of 25 in this new table).