Adjusting Our View of Injury Risk: The Burden of Nonfatal Injuries in Infancy

To describe the incidence, external cause, and types of injuries among infants treated in US emergency departments (EDs) and to compare the external cause of nonfatal to fatal injuries. ED survey from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey f...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2002-10, Vol.110 (4), p.792-796
Main Authors: Powell, Elizabeth C, Tanz, Robert R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Home - mortality
Accidents, Home - prevention & control
Accidents, Home - statistics & numerical data
Babies
Behavioral assessment of children
Biological and medical sciences
Causes of
Childhood behavioral assessment
Childhood behavioural assessment
Children
Children's accidents
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Immunization
Incidence
Infant
Infants
Injuries
Injury Severity Score
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Pediatric injuries
Pediatrics
Physiological aspects
Risk Factors
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
United States - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - mortality
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
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Summary:To describe the incidence, external cause, and types of injuries among infants treated in US emergency departments (EDs) and to compare the external cause of nonfatal to fatal injuries. ED survey from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for 1992-1999 and NCHS mortality data. National probability sample of patients treated in EDs; data for children
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.110.4.792