Prevalence and Incidence of Accidental injury
Accidental injury Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence of types of Accidental injury:
For details see incidence of types of Accidental injury analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
- Accidental death: 93,592 annual cases in 2000 (CDC); 97,860 annual cases in 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
- Whiplash: 120,000 annually
- Drowning: 1 per 100,000 population drowns in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- Falls: 69,264 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
- Sports Injuries: 17,478 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
- Burns: 6,044 annual cases in Victora 1996 for fires/burns/scalds (DHS-VIC)
- Machinery accidents: 4,836 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
- Suffocation: 1,388 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of suffocation and foreign bodies (DHS-VIC)
- Natural accidents: 4,758 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of natural/environmental factors (DHS-VIC)
- Accidental Eye Injury: 16,413 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
- Occupational Injuries: 6.3 million workers in 1994 (CDC-OC)
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Incidence statistics for Accidental injury:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Accidental injury:
- Poison control centers receive over 2.2 million calls related to accidental poisonings in the US 2001 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
- Poison control centers are notified of a poison exposure every 15 seconds in the US 1998 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
- 52.7% of calls to poison control centers regarding accidental poisonings was for children under 6 years in the US 1998 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
- Estimated 1 million children have elevated blood lead levels in the US (CDC, 2001)
- Estimated 9,300 injuries were caused by fireworks in the US 2003 (US Consumer Product Safety)
- Estimated 3.2 per 100,000 people were injured by fireworks in the US 2003 (US Consumer Product Safety)
- Estimated 3,000 injuries were caused by mobile amusement rides in the US 2003 (US Consumer Product Safety)
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Death statistics for Accidental injury:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Accidental injury:
- 35.7 per 100,000 people died from unintentional injury in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 63,817 male deaths in the USA 2000 (American Heart Association, 2002)
- Caused 4% of all deaths in Australia 1988 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002)
- Caused 4,820 deaths in Australia in 1988 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002)
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Prevalence/Incidence of Accidental injury: Online Medical Books
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Blunt and penetrating abdominal injuries:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Blunt (nonpenetrating) abdominal injuries usually result from automobile accidents, falls from heights, or sports injuries; penetrating abdominal injuries, from stab and gunshot wounds.
The most commonly injured organs associated with penetrating abdominal trauma are the small intestine (29%), liver (28%), and colon (23%). Penetrating abdominal trauma affects 35% of those admitted to urban trauma centers and 1% to 12% of those admitted to suburban and rural centers.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Spinal injuries:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Most serious spinal injuries result from motor vehicle accidents, falls, dives into shallow water, and gunshot wounds. Less serious injuries result from heavy object lifting and minor falls. Spinal dysfunction may also result from hyperparathyroidism and neoplastic lesions.
Spinal cord injuries occur in 12,000 to 15,000 people per year in the United States. About 10,000 of these injuries cause permanent paralysis; many other patients die as a result of these injuries. Most spinal cord injuries occur in males between the ages of 15 to 35 years; about 5% occur in children. Mortality is higher in pediatric spinal cord injuries.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Traumatic amputation:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Traumatic amputations usually result directly from accidents involving factory, farm, power tools, or motor vehicles. Natural disasters, wars, and terrorist attacks can also cause traumatic amputations.
Below the knee amputations account for 53% of traumatic leg amputations; with about 33% above the knee. Lower limb amputations account for 91.7% of traumatic amputations. Incidence of below the elbow amputation is 4.4%, and above the elbow amputations account for 2%.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Accidental injury usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Accidental injury at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Accidental injury refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Accidental injury diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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