Injury Epidemiology

Epidemiology of head injury in Kerman

This cross-sectional study was carried out during the year 1990 at Shahid Bahonar hospital of Kerman. During this period 1350 patients were admitted, 53℅ of whom were below the age cases occurring between 3 to 7 pm. The highest rate of admission was in summer. The average stay at the hospital was 7.2 days and the mortality rate in these patients was 8.14℅ , twenty four of whom (22.2℅) expired a...

[A new branch of epidemiology--injury epidemiology].

Epidemiology of head injury.

To find the incidence of the various types of head injury that occur in the community separate yearly rates (per 10(5) population in Scotland) for deaths, admissions to hospital, and attendance at accident and emergency departments were estimated and compared (when possible) with rates in England and Wales and the United States. Hospital admissions provide the best data for comparing incidences...

Overview of Injury Epidemiology

Injury is the number one killer of 1 to 34-year olds in the United States. [1] As many Americans are killed every year in motor vehicle crashes as were killed during the Vietnam War, at a yearly economic cost of over $60 billion. [2] Injury exacts a greater toll in potential years of life lost than cancer and cardiovascular disease combined. [3] Yet, in 1985, the National Research Council of th...

Launching injury epidemiology

Advances in injury epidemiology and prevention are among the landmark achievements in epidemiology and public health in the past century. Despite remarkable success and growth, the field of injury epidemiology did not have its own publication outlet until now. This commentary marks the debut of the new academic journal Injury Epidemiology and introduces the reader to the first batch of peer-rev...