July is the worst month for accidental childhood deaths.
This decline alone accounts for about 25% of the overall decline in childhood deaths since 1990.
Even modest improvements in breastfeeding practices have reduced childhood deaths.
The biggest threat is accidents, primarily car crashes, which are responsible for 42 percent of childhood deaths.
Previous work by the researchers indicated that childhood deaths because of neglect and abuse were under-reported.
The report listed 3,392 firearm-related deaths among children 1 to 19 years old in 1987, or about 11 percent of all childhood deaths.
If it continues to dwindle, childhood deaths are expected to do so as well.
Pediatric brain cancer is the second leading cause of childhood death, just after leukemia.
Below are the annual childhood deaths for children 18 and under:
More than half of all childhood deaths in the UK are related to genetic conditions.
