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Younger children suffer much greater damages than older children or adults from such deceleration-impact injuries as falls and from such acceleration-burst injuries as blows to the head. Approximately 50% of those children whose fontanels have not closed suffer skull fractures from either acceleration or deceleration injuries, whereas only 29% of children with closed fontanels and sutures suffer fractures.5 Similarly, children less than 6 months of age suffer the highest death rate among motor vehicle occupants (9 per 100,000); 1-year-old children suffer the second highest rate (4–5 per 100,000); and children between the ages of 6 and 12 suffer the third highest (3 per 100,00o).1
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Raimondi, A.J., Hirschauer, J. (1986). Clinical Criteria—Children’s Coma Score and Outcome Scale—for Decision Making in Managing Head-Injured Infants and Toddlers. In: Raimondi, A.J., Choux, M., Di Rocco, C. (eds) Head Injuries in the Newborn and Infant. Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7183-4_10
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