For children under 1 year of age, what is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths?
a. motor vehicle occupant injury c. drowning
b. suffocation d. fires
B
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A Incorrect: The laws require children to be secured in child safety seats, and the number of motor vehicle injuries among this age group has declined.
B Correct: Typical causes of suffocation include choking on food or objects and entrapment of their head and neck in cribs or bedding.
C Incorrect: Parents rarely leave children under the age of 1 unattended around or in water.
D Incorrect: Fire codes and their enforcement has caused a dramatic decrease in deaths in children under the age of 1.
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