Unintentional Home Injuries Across the Life Span: Problems and Solutions

Home injuries cause more than 30,000 deaths and 12 million nonfatal injuries annually in the United States. They generate an estimated $222 billion in lifetime costs annually. Despite some data limitations in documenting home as the location of an injury, much progress has been made in identifying e...

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Published in:Annual review of public health 2015-03, Vol.36 (1), p.231-253
Main Authors: Gielen, Andrea C, McDonald, Eileen M, Shields, Wendy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidental Falls - mortality
Accidental Falls - prevention & control
Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data
Accidents, Home - mortality
Accidents, Home - prevention & control
Accidents, Home - statistics & numerical data
Adult
Aged
burns
Child
falls
fires
Humans
Infant
poisoning
Poisoning - epidemiology
Poisoning - prevention & control
prescription drug overdose
prevention strategies
Risk Factors
safe sleep
Safety
United States - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - etiology
Wounds and Injuries - mortality
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
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Summary:Home injuries cause more than 30,000 deaths and 12 million nonfatal injuries annually in the United States. They generate an estimated $222 billion in lifetime costs annually. Despite some data limitations in documenting home as the location of an injury, much progress has been made in identifying effective prevention strategies that reduce injury or mitigate risk behaviors. The current interest in public health in the role of housing in health offers unparalleled opportunities for injury prevention professionals concerned with home injuries. Sharing the science of injury prevention with the wide array of professionals-such as architects, home builders, home visitors, and fire and emergency medical services providers-who create home environments and interact with residents could be a useful approach. A collaborative national effort to reduce the burden of home injuries is needed.
ISSN:0163-7525
1545-2093
DOI:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122722