Injuries and Injury Prevention in Infants and Children

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Injuries and Injury Prevention in Infants and
Children
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Injury Definition

• Tissue damage resulting from acute exposure
  (inadvertent or deliberate) to physical or
  chemical agents (e.g., kinetic or thermal energy,
  water, toxic substances).

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Epidemiology

• Study of health problems in populations.

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Epidemiological FactorsRelevant to Injury

• Age
• Sex
• Ethnicity
• Other host factors (e.g., substance abuse)

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Epidemiological Outcome Measures

• Mortality age-specific death rates (number of
  deaths/unit of population/year)
• Morbidity number of persons injured, number of
  days of work/school missed, number of days in
  hospital

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Age and Injury Mortality Rate
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Sex and Injury Mortality Ratios