title: Characteristics and risk factors for accident injury in Canada from 1986 to 1996: an analysis of the Canadian Accident Injury Reporting and Evaluation (CAIRE) database.
abstract: This study analyzed the database of Canadian Accident Injury Reporting and Evaluation (CAIRE) for the injuries reported from January 1986 to March 1996 in seven provinces at children's or general hospitals in Canada. In order to describe the characteristics of injuries, we compared the different categories of injuries by sex and by age groups, identified patterns of injuries, and detected the products causing injury to Canadian people. The results showed that there were 130,489 injury cases in Canada during the 10 years from 1986 to 1996. The 10-19 year age group had 57,582 cases, representing 44.13% of total injuries, and making it the group with the highest occurrence of injuries. The male injury rate (69.75%) was significantly higher than the female rate (30.25%) (P = 0.0001). Six areas were identified as priorities for intervention: 1) injuries occurring on playgrounds among children and youth; 2) sports and playground apparatus injuries and injuries sustained in transit among young people; 3) the top five causes of injuries; 4) diagnosis and treatment of injuries; 5) consumer products and safety; and 6) nature and physical sites of injuries. Further work is needed in: evaluating injury causes, comparing the results with reports from other countries and the necessary approaches and prevention measures to reduce and control injury occurrences to improve the quality of consumer products, and to protect the health of the population in Canada.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, AL # 1910C1, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0K9. Frank_Mo@hc-sc.gc.ca
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Bernard C K
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Clarence
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clottey
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: LeBrun
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000059:Accidents / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control