title: [The incidence and patterns of unintentional injuries in daily life in Korea: a nationwide study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to estimate the cumulative incidence rate (CIR) of unintentional injuries in Korean daily life and to describe the pattern of unintentional injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study population was the people who used the National Health Insurance because of injuries (ICD code: S00-T98) during 2006. The stratified sample according to gender, age and the severity of injury (NISS, New Injury Severity Score) was randomly selected. The questions on the questionnaire were developed as a reference for an international classification tool (ICECI, International Classification of External Causes of Injury). The questions included the locations of injury, the mechanisms of injury and the results of injury. Moreover, we used age, gender, region and income variables for analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The CIR of unintentional injuries that occurred in daily life for 1 year per 100,000 persons was 17,606, and the CIR of severe injuries was 286. Many injuries were occurred at home (29.6%), public places (19.0%), school (13.7%) and near home (12.0%). The major mechanisms of injuries were slipping (48.8%), contact (14.0%), physical over-exertion (13.8%), and fall (6.6%). Infants and old aged people were vulnerable to injuries, and those who lived rural area and who were in a low income level were vulnerable too.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We signified the risk groups and risk settings of unintentional injuries in Korean daily life. These results could contribute to establishing strategies for injury prevention and implementing these strategies.
authors.affiliation: Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management.
authors.forename: Kunhee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sang Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Eun
authors.forename: Eun-Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chae-Eun
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Doo Yong
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyounghun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yoon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*