AIMS Unintentional injuries in children of foreign-born mothers were studied and compared with those in children of Danish-born mothers. METHODS A population of 173,504 children living in 32 municipalities in Denmark was followed from 1998 to 2003. Detailed information on childhood unintentional injuries from hospital records was linked to register data on parents' education, country of origi...

Mortality from unintentional injuries, or accidents, represents major and understudied causes of death in the United States. Epidemiological studies show social factors, such as socioeconomic and marital status, relate with accidental death. But social theories posit a central role for social statuses on mortality risk, stipulating greater relevance for causes of death that have been medically ...

OBJECTIVE Most previous research on etiological factors that predict children's unintentional injuries has focused on single independent risk factors that predict injury, but psychological methods and theory lend themselves to simultaneous consideration of multiple risk factors that might together create an increased or decreased risk for injury. METHOD One approach to considering multiple ri...

In spite of many proven ways to prevent childhood injuries, the relative prevalence of unintentional injury continues to plague the health and well-being of children worldwide. No population groups are spared, with children living in all social and economic circumstances at risk. Dr Hollwarth describes the extent of this injury pandemic. He also cites practical approaches for pediatricians to h...

OBJECTIVES To quantify gender differences for non-fatal unintentional fall related injuries among US adults age 65 years and older treated in hospital emergency departments (EDs). METHODS The authors analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of ED visits for January 2001 through December 2001, available through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program ...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to describe temporal patterns of injury-related mortality by sex, age group, and mechanism, and to identify changes in the leading causes of injury-related deaths in South Korea from 1996 through 2006. METHODS This retrospective, descriptive study analyzed national data on all injury-related deaths reported in official death certificates from 1996-2006. ...