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Statistics: It is not the odds, but the stakes
The statistical problems in real life consist of sampling, inferential statistics, probability, estimating, enabling a team to develop effective projects in a problem-solving frame. For instance, car manufacturers looking to paint the cars might include a wide range of people that include supervisors, painters, paint representatives, or the same professionals to collect the data, which is necessary for the whole process and make it successful. What are uses of statistics? Statistics is used in every aspect of life, such as in data science, robotics, business, sports, weather forecasting, and much more. There are various other fields where statistics concepts are applied like running, calculating the budget, calories count, and much more. Additionally, statistics help in learning mathematical concepts better. This is how statistics can be used in each aspect of real life. What is the use of statistics in real life? Statistics is used for graphical representation of the collected data. Statistics can compare information through median, mean, and mode. Therefore, statistics concepts can easily be applied to real life, such as for calculating the time to get ready for office, how much money is required to visit work in a month, in education, and much more. Besides this, statistics can be utilized for managing daily routines so that you can work efficiently. What are our plans with the Statistics page? This page will focus on 1 Smart Choice Image Card (scenario/subject) per BLOG and will eventually be listed in CATEGORIES so you can find your subject with ease. The data collected on each subject will be geared towards children ages 13 and under. These are not opinions, we will not offer guidance on any subjects and the Statistics page will not be full of "fluff". This page is intended to supply basic national/regional/local stats on some of the Smart Choices Image Cards that have been chosen as one of the 84 important discussions between you and your child. Please research this subject extensively. Stats are subject to change on a daily basis. Remember, it is not the odds, but the stakes. https://www.smartchoicesimagecards.com/statistics https://www.smartchoicesimagecards.com/
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In 2019, the 55 U.S. poison control centers provided telephone guidance for over 2.1 million human poison exposures.1 That's about:
While young children (younger than 6 years) comprise a disproportionate percentage of the cases, poisoning affects ALL age groups, from infants to seniors. Peak poisoning frequency occurs in one- and two-year-olds, but poisonings in teens and adults are more serious. Notice that the greater proportion of males in poison exposures occurring in children younger than 13 years switches to a female predominance in teens and adults. Across all ages, there were 643 poison exposures reported per 100,000 population. The highest incidence occurred in one- and two-year-olds (7,047 and 6,667 exposures/100,000 children in the respective age groups). For ages 50 years or older, 249 exposures were reported per 100,000 population.1 Children younger than 6 years comprise nearly half of poison exposures (43%), followed by adults (42%), then teens (8%). What are the most common substances implicated in poison exposures? Cosmetics and personal care products lead the list of the most common substances implicated in pediatric exposures (children younger than 6 years, NPDS, 2019). Cleaning substances and pain medications follow. These exposures are nearly always unintentional. https://www.poison.org/poison-statistics-national https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK310644/  All kids and adults lose water constantly throughout the day. Water evaporates from the skin and leaves the body when you breathe, cry, sweat, and use the toilet.
Most of the time, a toddler/child gets enough water from eating and drinking to replace the fluids they lose. But in some cases, kids can lose more water than normal. Fevers, stomach flus, being out in hot weather, or too much exercise, for example, may result in too much fluid loss. This can lead to dehydration. Dehydration isn’t something to take lightly. When it happens, the body doesn’t have enough fluids and water to function properly. In severe cases, your child can become delirious or unconscious. Dehydration could lead to brain damage or even death. Dehydration can happen very slowly over time, or it can happen suddenly. Toddlers with an illness, especially stomach flu, should be monitored closely for signs of dehydration. The warning signs aren’t always obvious. Don’t wait until your toddler/child is excessively thirsty. If they’re really thirsty, they may already be dehydrated. Instead, look out for these warning signs:
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/dehydration.html https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/signs-of-dehydration-in-toddlers#warning-signs Portable Fire Extinguishers and Children:
AGE APPROPRIATE. MATURITY MATTERS. PHYSICAL ABILITY MATTERS. NFPA believes that children should not be trained how to operate portable fire extinguishers. Teaching children to use portable fire extinguishers runs counter to NFPA messaging to get out and stay out if there is a fire. Furthermore, children may not have the maturity to operate a portable fire extinguisher properly or decide whether or not a fire is small enough to be put out by the extinguisher. They may not have the physical ability to handle the extinguisher or dexterity to perform the complex actions required to put out a fire. In the process of extinguishing flames, children may not know how to respond if the fire spreads. NFPA continues to believe that only adults who know how to operate portable fire extinguishers should use them. A portable fire extinguisher can save lives and property by putting out a small fire or containing it until the fire department arrives; but portable extinguishers have limitations. Because fire grows and spreads so rapidly, the #1 priority for residents is to get out safely. Fire extinguishers are one element of a fire response plan, but the primary element is safe escape. Every household should have a home fire escape plan and working smoke alarms. Safety tips
https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Staying-safe/Safety-equipment/Fire-extinguishers A nonfamily abduction occurs when a nonfamily perpetrator takes a child by the use of physical force or threat of bodily harm or detains a child for at least 1 hour in an isolated place by the use of physical force or threat of bodily harm without lawful authority or parental permission; or when a child whois younger than 15 years old or is mentally incompetent, with-out lawful authority or parental permission, is taken or detained by or voluntarily accompanies a nonfamily perpetrator who conceals the child’s whereabouts, demands ransom, or expresses the intention to keep the child permanently.
Stranger kidnapping victimizes more females than males, occurs primarily at outdoor locations, victimizes both teenagers and school-age children, is associated with sexual assaults in the case of girl victims and robberies in the case of boy victims (although not exclusively so), and is the type of kidnapping most likely to involve the use of a firearm. Only about one child out of each 10,000 missing children reported to the local police is not found alive. However, about 20 percent of the children reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in nonfamily abductions are not found alive. In 80 percent of abductions by strangers, the first contact between the child and the abductor occurs within a quarter mile of the child's home. Most potential abductors grab their victims on the street or try to lure them into their vehicles. About 74 percent of the victims of nonfamily child abduction are girls. https://www.parents.com/kids/safety/stranger-safety/child-abduction-facts/ https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/196465.pdf For teenagers, there is a particularly increased risk of developing an alcohol use disorder. Teenage brains are still in relatively early stages of development, compelling young men and women to act more impulsively and to test the boundaries of safe and acceptable behavior. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry writes that the regions of the brain responsible for problem-solving, decision-making, and judgment are not fully formed in teenagers, which manifests itself in behaviors like promiscuous and unprotected sexual behavior, rebelling against authority, and substance abuse. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, more than 4,700 people die every year as a result of teenage alcohol use.
Over 50 percent of American youths between the ages of 12 to 20 have tried alcohol, but their young age, encouragement from peers, and still-developing brains increase the chances of developing a dependence on alcohol, especially if there are environmental and mental health risk factors present, such as a bad home situation, stress related to school and social life, etc. The American Psychological Association points out that teenagers in school report levels of stress that are equal to or even higher than those reported by adults. While most adults have the perspective and experience to control their drinking habits, even among friends, teenagers tend to lack such structures at their age. Injuries:
Suicide and Self-Harm:
http://www.camy.org/resources/fact-sheets/the-toll-of-underage-drinking/ Davis Law Group, P.S. says that in the United States, school bus accidents are somewhat of a rarity, and thankfully we don’t hear about children being injured in devastating crashes too often – especially when you consider that some 480,000 school buses carry 25 million kids each day. That’s more than half of America’s schoolchildren. Overall, the data shows us that school buses – the largest form of mass transit in the U.S. – are generally a safe option for transporting children, but the reality is that accidents do happen and children do get hurt as a result.
They begin by explaining that school bus accident statistics can be generally misleading. There are many technicalities involved in the recording process, and these technicalities can potentially impact the reporting process. For example, a school bus transporting children on an out-of-state field trip may not be recorded as a school bus accident. From 2004 to 2013, 1,214 people were reportedly killed in school transportation-related accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This statistic is partially misleading in the sense that nearly three-fourths (75 percent) of all the deaths were occupants of the other vehicles involved in the crash. That data makes sense – school buses are huge vehicles that can cause a lot of damage. They say that in fact, only 8 percent of all fatalities that resulted from school bus accidents were occupants in the buses themselves. The remaining percentage of all fatalities – 21 percent – was made up of non-occupants of either vehicle, meaning they were likely pedestrian bystanders or bicyclists. They published that the NHTSA found that from 2004-13, just 106 people – both children and adults – were killed while riding or driving a school bus. Sixty-one were passengers; 45 were drivers. Those numbers equate to just six passenger fatalities a year. Considering the number of children that ride the bus and the estimated 10 billion miles a year school buses cover, busing is extremely safe. DLG According to Allen & Allen, safety experts say that riding the bus to and from school is still the safest option. According to the American School Bus Council, students are about 70 times more likely to get to school safely on a bus. However, there is an alarming trend supported by data and statistics that drivers routinely pass stopped school buses, and that the consequences of this behavior can be fatal. In an interview with CNN, Charlie Hood, executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, or NASDPTS, said that children “are most vulnerable when they are pedestrians.” Case in point: every year, the NASDPTS conducts a one-day count of illegal school bus passing incidents throughout the U.S. In 2018, school bus drivers in 38 states recorded 83,944 incidents during that one-day count, suggesting that as many as 15 million vehicles could be illegally passing school buses and their students each 180-day school year. Knowing when to stop for a bus if you are a driver, and how to approach and leave the bus if you are a passenger is imperative. AA https://www.injurytriallawyer.com/blog/child-injuries-from-school-bus-accidents.cfm https://www.allenandallen.com/school-bus-safety-statistics-point-to-alarming-trend/ Please research this subject extensively. Stats are subject to change on a daily basis. Remember, it is not the odds, but the stakes. Knives cause more disabling injuries than any other type of hand tool. This study investigates knife-related injuries requiring Emergency Department (ED) treatment among children and adults in the United States (US) from 1990 through 2008.
A retrospective analysis of data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System of the Consumer Product Safety Commission was conducted. An estimated 8,250,914 (95% confidence interval [CI] 7,149,074-9,352,755) knife-related injuries were treated in US EDs from 1990 to 2008, averaging 434,259 (95% CI 427,198-441,322) injuries annually, or 1190 per day. The injury rate was 1.56 injuries per 1000 US resident population per year. Fingers/thumbs (66%; 5,447,467 of 8,249,410) were injured most often, and lacerations (94%; 7,793,487 of 8,249,553) were the most common type of injury. Pocket/utility knives were associated with injury most often (47%; 1,169,960 of 2,481,994), followed by cooking/kitchen knives (36%; 900,812 of 2,481,994). Children were more likely than adults to be injured while playing with a knife or during horseplay (p < 0.01; odds ratio 9.57; 95% CI 8.10-11.30). One percent of patients were admitted to the hospital, and altercation-related stabbings to the trunk accounted for 52% of these admissions. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249318232_Knife-Related_Injuries_Treated_in_United_States_Emergency_Departments_1990-2008 Please research this subject extensively. Stats are subject to change on a daily basis. Remember, it is not the odds, but the stakes. The one simple word that could protect your child from danger. Child abduction – two words that strike fear into the heart of every parent. Sadly, not only is child abduction a common occurrence, frighteningly, it’s also on the rise with a staggering 2,185 children going missing every single day. One safety tool that many child safety experts and advocates suggest is a family safety code word. This is a word that is only known by the child and parents, and it can be used in several ways: 1. Parents who need to send another adult to pick up their child for some reason, maybe an emergency situation, can tell that adult the safety code word. Children are told that they should never go with an adult, either stranger or someone they know, unless that person knows the safety code word. 2. Families can use the safety code word as a signal of danger. If a child is somewhere, maybe home with a babysitter or at a friend's house, the child can use the word in a sentence over the phone with the parents to let them know that she needs them to come right away because there is danger. An example of this would be "Hi, Miss Babysitter, we just called to say good night to little Susie, could you put her on the phone?" and when Susie gets on the phone she could say, "We're having a lot of fun, Mommy, but would you take me out for a banana split tomorrow?" If the safety code word is banana split, then mom knows that there is a situation that requires her to come home immediately. 3. The danger signal can also be used if the family is out together, make a plan of what to do if the word is used. For example, if the family is walking in a dangerous part of town and someone ominous approaches them, Dad could say the safety code word and Mom and kids know that they need to immediately run in the opposite direction and get help. https://www.revvedupkids.org/blog/safety-code-words
https://www.mamamia.com.au/safe-word-for-kids/ https://www.newyorkfamily.com/family-safe-words-and-their-importance/ Please research this subject extensively. Stats are subject to change on a daily basis. Remember, it is not the odds, but the stakes. Per PEDIATRICS the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics:
BACKGROUND: Snakebites are not a reportable condition (to state health departments), and 1 major assessment of US children with snakebites was published 50 years ago. Increasing urbanization, population shifts south and west, newer antivenom therapy, and the importation of exotic snakes may have changed snakebites. Poison control centers are often consulted on treatment and collect surveillance data. METHODS: Generic codes for venomous, nonvenomous, and unknown snakebites were used to characterize victims aged ≤18 years reported to US poison control centers between 2000 and 2013. Data included demographic characteristics, snake types, and outcomes. RESULTS:
CONCLUSIONS: The epidemiology of pediatric snakebites is changing. One-half of the reported exposures were venomous, and copperhead bites and exotic species are being reported more frequently. Although snakebite-related deaths are rare, ICU admission is common. Antivenom treatment is incompletely reported, but its use is increasing. Download PDF Please research this subject extensively. Stats are subject to change on a daily basis. Remember, it is not the odds, but the stakes. |
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