Differences in Incidence and Case Fatality of Abusive Head Trauma

Abusive head trauma (AHT) in children older than 1 and younger than 5 years old is thought uncommon and rarely studied. This study estimates national incidence and case fatality rate of abusive head trauma (AHT), and evaluates differences by age, sex, race, and region, with a focus on children of 2-...

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Published in:Child abuse & neglect 2020-06, Vol.104, p.104488-10, Article 104488
Main Authors: Nuño, Miriam, Shelley, Courtney D, Ugiliweneza, Beatrice, Schmidt, Alec J, Magaña, Julia N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)
Adult abuse & neglect
Age
Age differences
Averages
Chi-square test
Child abuse & neglect
Child sexual abuse
Children
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)
Confidence Interval (CI)
Fatalities
Head injuries
Health care expenditures
Health services
Hospitals
Infants
Inpatient care
International Classification of Disease
Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
Ninth Revision
Older children
Race
Racial differences
Sex differences
Trauma
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Summary:Abusive head trauma (AHT) in children older than 1 and younger than 5 years old is thought uncommon and rarely studied. This study estimates national incidence and case fatality rate of abusive head trauma (AHT), and evaluates differences by age, sex, race, and region, with a focus on children of 2-4 years. Hospital discharges were extracted from The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s Kids’ Inpatient Database from 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012 using the CDC’s narrow definition of AHT. Survey-weighted chi-square tests were used to assess differences in incidence and case fatality rates. The average annual incidence per 100,000 children was highest in
ISSN:0145-2134
1873-7757
DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104488