Casualty attendances: one year's experience at Waikato Hospital.
All casualty attendances (25 707) at a general hospital in the year 1979 were reviewed considering sex, age, employment, location of accident, mechanism of accident, diagnosis, time of arrival at casualty, day of week, week, and month. Males, young people (less than 32 years old), and working people were common attenders. Home accidents and weekend visits were frequent. these and other findings are discussed in the context of other recent similar studies.
D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries; D009520:New Zealand; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000453:epidemiology