title: Injury surveillance in New York City jails.
abstract: To characterize injuries occurring in jails, we analyzed injury report forms from the New York City jail system. We abstracted data from 4695 injury report forms representing 3863 patients. Of the injuries reported, 66% were classified as intentional. The 2 leading causes of injuries were inmate-on-inmate aggression (40%) and slips and falls (27%). Injuries place a considerable burden on jail health care systems, and there is a need for more studies on this problem and development of injury prevention programs.
authors.affiliation: Correctional Health Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: Homer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Venters
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult