Socio-demographic risks of child injury in a Greek region.
Child injuries are a growing global public health problem and the aim of this research was to study child accidents, their causes and risk factors in a northern part of Greece, Thrace.


METHODS
1,516 high school children completed an anonymous questionnaire regarding the cause, type, activity before the accident, and result of their accident.


RESULTS
The Chi square method showed a high correlation between accidents and variables such as gender (OR .55, 95% CI: .437-.687, P < .001), grade (P < .05), maternal education level (P < .001), paternal education level (P < .001), and social group each child belongs to (P < .001). The odds ratio was 3.3 (95% CI: 1.760-6.296) for Non-natives compared with Native Christians and Native Muslims. The latter had half odds in comparison with Native Christians (OR .4, 95% CI: .328-.545).


CONCLUSIONS
Young boys (7th grade), non-natives, and children whose parents received higher education were at greater risk of being injured.
School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. filgla@yahoo.com
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Glania
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Lialiaris
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Constandinidis
D000056:Accident Prevention; D002648:Child; D002835:Christianity; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012923:Social Class; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*