title: Epidemiology of paediatric injury.
abstract: Thousands of young lives are lost every year as a result of accidents, and trauma remains the number one cause of paediatric death. There is a pattern and regularity to children's injury: boys are more often victims than the girls, most injuries occur during the summer months, the pedestrian child has usually been the victim of a road traffic accident (RTA) and, in 75% of these cases, has suffered head injury. The research into paediatric trauma is still very young. For instance, socio-economic and ethnic factors play a significant role in the statistics of accidental death. In order to take effective preventative measures more factors must be determined.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mazurek
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology