Epidemiology of Childhood Accidents in Two California Counties

Stallones, Reuel A.; Corsa, Leslie

doi:10.2307/4591054

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“…The peak incidence around 2 years has also been demonstrated by other New Zealand studies (Allingham, 1975;Findlay, 1970;Meade, 1964;and Wright-St Clair, 1975) and several overseas investigations (e.g. Cann e f a/., 1960; Clements et a/., 1963; McFarland and Moore, 1971; Stallones and Corsa, 1961;and Werhle etal., 1960). Future educational programmes should stress the susceptibility of this age group.…”

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Accidents in the first five years of life: A report from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Child Development Study

Langley

Dodge

Silva

1979

J Paediatrics Child Health

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1979). Aust. Paediatr. J., 15, 255-259. Accidents in the first 5 years of life: a report from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Child Development Study. As part of a longitudinal study of child development, information was collected on all accidents during the first 5 years of life that required medical attention. Four hundred and eighty six of a sample of 991 children had 729 accidents in the first 5 years of life. Sixteen per cent of the children had two or more accidents. Ten per cent of the accidents resulted in a hospitalisation. The more common accidents, those involving falls, POiSOnS, sharp objects, foreign bodies, being caught between objects, and hot substances or objects are described and discussed. We suggest that many accidents could have been prevented. A necessary prerequisite for improved prevention measures is the collection and study of detailed information on the circumstances surrounding accidents. A case is made for an organisation with primary responsibility to monitor the safety of consumer products.

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Accidents in the first five years of life: A report from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Child Development Study

Langley

Dodge

Silva

1979

J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…presents dataon 15 patients with a total of 24 fractures judged to be accidental in origin and of19 patients with a total of 31 fractures judged to be nonaccidental in origin.When individual fractures were com¬ pared, there were no significant dif¬ ferences between the two groups in the types of fractures or the number of fractures per patient.Table 3presents data on 23 patients with single fractures and 11 patients with multiple fractures. Two patients with chronic lung disease and upperairway problems accounted for eight rib fractures in the multiple-fracture population.…”

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Fractures in the First Year of Life

McClelland¹,

Heiple²

1982

Am J Dis Child

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“…Boys engage more often in higher-risk sports and have a generally higher level of sports activity (37). In some sports such as soccer and skiing, girls actually have a somewhat higher risk of accidents than boys (9, 29,30), apparently due to their lower level of expertise in these sports.…”

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Sports-Related Injuries in Children

et al. 1989

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Within a 3-year period, from 1980 to 1982, 1124 sports injuries of children aged 6-15 years were treated in the Turku University Central Hospital casualty department. Two-thirds (69%) of the injuries were sustained by boys. Sports injuries represented 21% of the diagnoses related to accidents in this age group. Half of the sports accidents occurred during the 4 winter months. Boys were injured most commonly in ice hockey (36%) and football (20%) and girls in skating (18%) and riding (18%). One quarter (26%) of the injuries were located in the head and neck, 36% in the upper extremities, 33% in the lower limbs, and 4% in the trunk. The most common types of injuries were fractures (26%), sprains and strains (24%), contusions (22%) and wounds (17%). The proportional occurrence of fractures increased with age in boys (P less than 0.001) and decreased in girls (P less than 0.001), luxations (P less than 0.05) and sprains (P less than 0.001) increased with age in girls; skull injuries (P less than 0.01) and contusions and wounds (P less than 0.001) decreased in boys. Girls had more sprains (P less than 0.001) but fewer contusions and wounds (P less than 0.001). Most of the injuries were mild; 9% of the cases were hospitalized. Minor surgery was performed in 16% and reconstructive surgery in 2% of all injuries. About 70% of the injuries occurred in nonorganized sports.

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Epidemiology of Childhood Accidents in Two California Counties

Cited by 18 publications

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Accidents in the first five years of life: A report from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Child Development Study

Accidents in the first five years of life: A report from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Child Development Study

Fractures in the First Year of Life

Sports-Related Injuries in Children

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