Contribution of violence to health inequalities in England: demographics and trends in emergency hospital admissions for assault

Introduction:Violence is increasingly recognised as a major public health issue yet health data are underutilised for describing the problem or developing responses. We use English emergency hospital admissions for assault over four years to examine assault demography and contribution to health ineq...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2008-12, Vol.62 (12), p.1064-1071
Main Authors: Bellis, M A, Hughes, K, Anderson, Z, Tocque, K, Hughes, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Alcohol
Assault
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular disease
Child
Child, Preschool
Community health
Criminal statistics
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographics
Demography
Domestic violence
Emergency medical services
Emergency Service, Hospital - trends
Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization
England - epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Geodemographics
Health care inequality
Health disparities
Health services
Health Status Disparities
Hospital admissions
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intimate partner violence
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Patient Admission - trends
Patient admissions
Prevention
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research reports
Sexual violence
Trends
Violence
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Violence - trends
Violent crimes
Young Adult
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Summary:Introduction:Violence is increasingly recognised as a major public health issue yet health data are underutilised for describing the problem or developing responses. We use English emergency hospital admissions for assault over four years to examine assault demography and contribution to health inequalities.Methods:Geodemographic cross-sectional analyses utilising records of all individuals in England (n = 120 643) admitted between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2006.Results:Over 4 years, rates of admission increased by 29.56% across England. Admissions peaked on Saturdays (22.34%) and Sundays (20.38%). Higher rates were associated with deprivation across all ages, including those
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.2007.071589