Citation

Borse NN, Rudd RA, Dellinger AM, Sleet DA. J. Saf. Res. 2013; 45: 127-131.

Affiliation

Formerly with Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: nborse@cdc.gov.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, U.S. National Safety Council, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jsr.2013.02.001

PMID

23708484

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Quantifying years of potential life lost (YPLL) highlights childhood causes of mortality and provides a simple method to identify important causes of premature death. METHODS: CDC analyzed data from the National Vital Statistics System multiple cause of death files for 2000-2009. RESULTS: An average of 890YPLL were lost each year due to unintentional injuries for every 100,000 persons aged 0-19 years. YPLL rates differed by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, injury mechanism and state. CONCLUSIONS: This report provides new information which can be used to prioritize interventions and identify subgroups of the population most at risk.

Language: en