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Paediatric pedestrian trauma: The danger after school
Author(s) -
Newbury Clinton,
Hsiao Kai,
Dansey Rangi,
Hamill James
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01330.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pedestrian , demographics , pacific islanders , injury prevention , poison control , retrospective cohort study , demography , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , pediatrics , trauma center , emergency medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , surgery , population , geography , archaeology , pathology , sociology
Aim: To examine the demographics of road pedestrian trauma in children in the Auckland region and to provide data that can help target prevention strategies. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of all children (0–14 years) in the Auckland region admitted to the hospital or killed following a pedestrian versus vehicle injury for the 6‐year period 2000–2005. Excluded were pedestrians injured in a driveway. Results: Over the 6‐year period, 364 children were involved in pedestrian crashes resulting in 25 deaths. The median age was 7 years. Males comprised 63%. Pacific Islanders and Maori were over‐represented. Three hundred seventeen patients had injury times recorded. Of these, 49% occurred between 3 and 7 pm. Injury peaks for school days showed a tri‐modal pattern with injury peaks at 8–9 am, 3–4 pm and 5–6 pm with the 3–4 pm after‐school peak predominating. Conclusion: Prevention strategies should concentrate on the hours after school finishes and should be tailored for Maori and Pacific Island communities.