title: Education was associated with injuries requiring hospital admission.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We describe educational inequalities in the incidence of injuries resulting in hospital admission and explore the contribution of exposure variables and chronic diseases, alcohol consumption, and sedative use to the observed inequalities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the Dutch prospective GLOBE study were linked to the National Hospital Discharge Register after 7 years of follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significantly higher hazard ratios (HRs) of traffic injuries in lower compared with higher educational groups were substantially reduced after adjustment for differences in the use of cars and mopeds between these groups. Significantly increased HRs in occupational, home, and sports (OHS) injuries in lower compared with higher educational groups were reduced after adjustment for higher prevalence rates of chronic diseases, very excessive alcohol consumption, and sedative use in lower educational groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Exposure variables, chronic diseases, alcohol consumption, and sedative use contribute to educational inequalities in traffic and OHS injuries resulting in hospital admission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. f.vanlenthe@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van Lenthe
authors.forename: Ed F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: van Beeck
authors.forename: Evelien
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gevers
authors.forename: Johan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mackenbach
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004522:Educational Status; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D008875:Middle Aged; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives