cause of death

Accidents of different types are the biggest cause of death for Chinese children aged under 14, with 100,000 children dying from accidents every year, says a report released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday.

Traffic accidents and drowning are the main causes of death, and slips and animal attacks are the main causes of child injuries, according to the report.

The center obtained the results by analyzing children accident documents published in the past half a century and checking data from the center's disease monitoring stations nationwide.

It is estimated that 10.1 million Chinese children are injured every year, but only 8 million see doctors. Accidents are the cause of death of about 101,000 children and the cause of handicaps for 404,000, figures from the report show.