title: A comparison of unintentional injury patterns occurring in two Swedish communities in 1978 and in 2008.
abstract: Surveillance and analyses of unintentional injuries can be used to help prioritise community prevention efforts. This study describes changes in local patterns for unintentional injuries resulting in deaths, hospitalisations, and outpatient visits to health care clinics and emergency rooms, comparing information from two different study periods, 1978 and 2008, in the Swedish communities of Falköping and Lidköping. Injury cases were analysed, and confidence intervals were derived. The study results show that while most injuries decreased comparing the first study period to the second, these changes were only significant in terms of decreases in outpatient care. This study points to the importance of more systematic collection data of injury events treated at the outpatient level, particularly for communities where there are relatively low numbers of injury-related deaths and hospitalisations.
authors: a Evaluation & Monitoring Department , Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency , Karlstad , Sweden.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Ekman
authors: Diana Stark
authors: DS
authors: Ekman
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Schyllander
authors: Lothar
authors: L
authors: Schelp
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: injury surveillance; outpatient visits; safe communities; unintentional injuries