The epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey.
The primary objective was to present a cross-country comparison of injury rates, contexts and consequences. The research design was the analysis of data from the 1998 cross-national Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey and 52955 schoolchildren from 11 countries, aged 11, 13 and 15 years, completed a self-administrated questionnaire. A total of 41.3% of all children were injured and needed medical treatment in the past 12 months. Injury rates among boys were higher than among girls, 13.3% reported activity loss due to injury and 6.9% reported severe injury consequences. Most injuries occurred at home and at a sport facility, mainly during sport activity. Fighting accounted for 4.1% of injuries. This paper presents the first cross-national comparison of injury rates and patterns by external cause and context. Findings present cross-country similarities in injury distribution by setting and activity. These findings emphasize the importance of the development of global prevention programmes designed to address injuries among youth.
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Department of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, 12 Distillery Rd, Galway, Republic of Ireland. michal.molcho@nuigalway.ie
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D000059:Accidents / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*