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Accidents among Children below Schoolage Changes of incidence after intervention
Author(s) -
SAHLIN Y.,
LEREIM I.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11537.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , falling (accident) , pediatrics , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , emergency medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , physics , pathology , optics
. Children aged 0 to 6 years old admitted to hospital due to an accident were registered. Registration was carried out for two yearly periods; September 1982 to September 1983 and June 1985 to June 1986. The incidence of accidents dropped from 125 per 1000 a year to 116 accidents per 1000 children a year. The youngest children showed the most significant decrease in incidence. Home accidents were the most common type of accidents in both registration periods. Accidents due to falling from heights and poisoning accidents increased in the second period. Children injured during the second registration period required 3.4 times fewer days of hospitalization compared with the first period. Fractures and thermal injuries demanded most hospital care in both registration periods.