Accident consultations in one month in a semirural town.
General practice statistics for the month of July 1986 were analysed from a semirural town. There were 498 accident consultations and Maoris tended to be underrepresented. Thirty six percent of accidents were at work, 30% in the home and 12.6% in sports. Twenty three percent of the accidents involved no time off work and 32% had up to a week off. Thirty percent made a claim for earnings related compensation to ACC. Eight patients had prolonged periods off work.
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General Practitioner, Pukekohe.
D000059:Accidents; D000061:Accidents, Home; D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D014942:Workers' Compensation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology