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Fatally injured home duties persons by sex and age, and overall, Australia, 1989-92 inclusive 

Fatally injured home duties persons by sex and age, and overall, Australia, 1989-92 inclusive 

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Unpaid work in and around the home is a common and potentially high risk activity, yet there is limited information about the circumstances surrounding resulting injuries. This study aimed to describe circumstances surrounding fatal injuries resulting from home duties activities, in order to identify and prioritise areas for prevention. Coroners' r...

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... women (82%) were 55 years or older, and 45% were 75 years or older. This contrasted with men, of whom 56% were 55 years or older and only 19% were 75 years or older (table 1). The most common broad activity at the time of the fatal incidents was home maintenance, followed by grounds and animal care and housework. ...

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... 8 The most common location for injury hospitalisations is home, which is second to roads as the location for injury mortality. [9][10][11][12][13] An analysis of people aged 25-64 years in a Scandinavian study found that 44% of unintentional home injury requiring medical treatment were due to falls. 10 Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury at home among children aged ≤4 years and adults aged 20-64 years in Aotearoa New Zealand. ...
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Falls from height are among the most common trauma cases presenting to emergency departments and often cause mortality and morbidity. In the present study, we aimed to determine the factors that effectively reduce mortality caused by falls from height. Data from 2252 trauma patients who presented to Dicle University Emergency Service between January 2005 and December 2008 due to falling from height in the Southeastern Anatolia region were retrospectively analyzed. We analyzed the parameters that are considered to have a positive effect on mortality, which included the following: month of fall; age; gender; etiology; place of fall; type of ground on which the patient fell; height of fall; intubation; hypotension; tachycardia; neck, head, thoracal, abdominal, pelvic, and extremity injuries; Glasgow Coma Score (GCS); Injury Severity Score (ISS); and Revised Trauma Score (RTS). There were 1435 males (63.7%) and 817 females (36.3%) included in the study. Two thousand thirty-one (94.6%) patients survived the fall while 121(5.4%) died. The mean age of the surviving patients was 15.55±18.60 years, while the patients who died had a mean age of 29.59±28.93 years. The mean height of the fall of the survivors' was 3.09 meters, and the mean height of the fall for those that died was 6.61±5.73 meters (p<0.001). The mean fatal height of the fall in falls from height is 6.61 m. Age, attempted suicide, height of fall, type of ground on which the patient fell, place of fall, and head, thoracic, and abdominal trauma are the primary factors affecting mortality caused by falls from height.
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To describe the incidence and characteristics of unintentional cutting or piercing injuries at home resulting in death or hospital inpatient treatment amongst young and middle-aged New Zealanders. Inpatient admissions amongst individuals aged 20–64 years with a primary diagnosis of cutting or piercing injury (ICD-9AM E code: E920, and ICD-10-AM E codes: W25–29, W45)and a length of stay of 24 h or more, were identified using the national morbidity (1997–2006) and mortality (1996–2005) databases compiled by the New Zealand Ministry of Health. Relevant data were extracted and analysed. During the 10-year period (1997–2006) 21,559 people aged 20–64 years had a primary admission to hospital for an injury caused by unintentional cutting or piercing, 29% (6355) of which occurred at home. The place of injury was not identified in a further 43% (9293) of records. During the 10-year period (1996–2005) 25 people aged 20–64 years died of injuries of this nature, 18 of which occurred at home (in 2 cases the place of injury was not recorded). The hospitalisation rate following cutting or piercing at home was 24.9 per 100,000. For every death there were 352 admissions to hospital, with rates of admission almost two-fold greater amongst 20–24 year olds compared to those aged 60–64 years. Almost 30% of unintentional cutting or piercing related injuries amongst young and middle aged adults occur at home. Whilst death is uncommon, the causes and preventability of the high numbers of hospitalisations, particularly amongst young adults, require research attention.
... 34 Although men have similar rates of non-fatal injury when compared to women, 47 the death rate in unintentional homerelated injuries is higher in males than in females. 13,46 Countries with mid-level income have not recognised injuries as a major public health problem as very few have actually studied the magnitude of the problem. 3,35 There are very few population-based studies on injuries in developing countries. ...
... 6 Despite reports in the literature stating that females sometimes have similar 11,47 rates of nonfatal injury rates to males, males show a higher rate of unintentional home injury-related death. 2,13,46 In the current study, females experienced higher rates of home-related injury than males in univariate analysis. However, multivariate analysis did not determine a gender difference for injury risk at home. ...
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Injuries constitute a major public health problem worldwide. Homes are an important setting for non-fatal unintentional injuries. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency, the characteristics, and the outcome of unintentional non-fatal injuries in the household, and to describe the related risk factors through a community-based survey. The study was conducted using a household-based survey design. Eight hundred inhabitants were sampled from the entire population in the city centre by a stratified sampling method in 2004. All unintentional non-fatal home-related injuries occurring in the previous year were registered and examined, making special note of the mechanism of the injuries, the time and place of the incidents and their outcomes. The frequency of unintentional non-fatal home-related injuries requiring some form of medical attention was established as 10.8%. Falls were the most common injuries among all the study groups. Injury rates were highest among the oldest (aged > or =65) and youngest (aged <15) age groups, females, adults having incomes under euro 500, individuals living alone, or the unemployed. Contact with hot objects/substances or hot liquid/gas was the leading mechanism in children 4 years of age or younger, falls ranking second. Falls are a significant problem particularly among older adults. Multiple analysis revealed that participants with low incomes, living alone and single or divorced had a high risk for injury at home. The findings related to disability highlighted a need to focus attention on the prevention of residential falls among the elderly, and the burns and falls among young children. Preventive measures should be prioritised to risk groups such as individuals with low incomes and those living alone.
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Few data link childhood mental ability (IQ) with risk of accidents, and most published studies have methodological limitations. To examine the relationship between scores from a battery of mental ability tests taken in childhood, and self-reported accidents between the ages of 16 and 30 years. In the British Cohort study, a sample of 8172 cohort members born in Great Britain in 1970 had complete data for IQ score assessed at 10 years of age and accident data self-reported at age 30 years. The relationship between childhood IQ score and later risk of accident was complex, differing according to sex and the type of accident under consideration. Women with higher childhood IQ were more likely than those with lower scores to report having had an accident(s) while at work, in a vehicle, engaging in sports, and in unspecified circumstances. Adjustment for markers of socioeconomic position weakened or eliminated some of these relations, but higher childhood IQ remained associated with increased risk of sporting and unspecified accidents. Men with higher childhood IQ scores were less likely than those with lower scores to report accidents at work, but more likely to report accidents at home, playing sports or in unspecified circumstances. After adjustment for socioeconomic circumstances, higher childhood IQ in men remained associated with an increased risk of accidents at home or in unspecified circumstances. The relationship between childhood mental ability and accidents in adulthood is complex. As in other studies, socioeconomic position has an inconsistent relationship with non-fatal accident type.