title: Accidents among children in communal day-care centres in Helsinki.
abstract: The aim of this one-year prospective study of accidents in day-care centres was to determine the incidence and mechanisms of accidents and their severity. During 1985, 347 accidents were reported among 14511 children in communal day-care centres, an incidence of 24/1,000 children/year. The corresponding figures were 53 and 38 in 1975 and 1980, respectively. The accidents, especially those due to violence and falling, tended to occur during the morning hours and on Mondays and Tuesdays. Half the cases were treated in hospitals and one-third in health centres. The most usual mechanisms, falling stumbling and violence, covered two-thirds of all accidents.
authors.affiliation: Helsinki City Health Department, Finland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pönkä
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salminen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pönkä
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000592:standards*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005387:Finland; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011446:Prospective Studies