@article{ref1,
title="Self-reported injury rates in New Zealand",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="2002",
author="Coggan, C. and Hooper, R. and Adams, Bruce",
volume="115",
number="1161",
pages="U167-U167",
abstract="AIM: The study aimed to obtain baseline information on the incidence and nature of self-reported injuries in New Zealand. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted of approximately 400 randomly-selected households from each of 13 Territorial Local Authorities across New Zealand, giving a total sample size of 5282. Respondents were asked if anyone in their household had been treated by a medical doctor in the previous twelve months for any injuries and, if so, details of the injury event were recorded. RESULTS: Forty one per cent of households reported that someone in the household had sustained an injury. The most common types of injuries were falls (33%), sports-related injuries (28%) and injuries caused by lifting an object (16%). Only eight per cent of the injuries required overnight hospitalisation. CONCLUSION: The findings from this study indicate that the total burden of injury in New Zealand is much larger than estimated by routinely-collected injury hospitalisation data.",
language="",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}