1. Injury hospitalizations in Canada 2018/19.
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Yao X, Skinner R, McFaull S, and Thompson W
- Subjects
- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Asphyxia epidemiology, Canada epidemiology, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Self-Injurious Behavior epidemiology, Accidental Falls prevention & control, Accidental Falls statistics & numerical data, Accidents, Traffic statistics & numerical data, Cost of Illness, Hospitalization statistics & numerical data, Wounds and Injuries epidemiology, Wounds and Injuries etiology, Wounds and Injuries therapy
- Abstract
National injury hospitalization statistics are essential for understanding the burden and pattern of injuries. This paper used the Discharge Abstract Database to analyse injury hospitalizations in Canada (excluding Quebec) for fiscal year 2018/19. The results show that unintentional injuries were the eighth leading cause of hospitalization compared to all other diseases and conditions. For unintentional injury-related hospitalizations, in rank order, the leading causes were falls, suffocation, motor vehicle traffic crashes, poisonings, struck by/against, and fire/hot object/smoke. However, the rankings were different across age groups., Competing Interests: All authors declare no conflicts of interest.
- Published
- 2020
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