@article{ref1,
title="Childhood injuries in Hartford, Connecticut",
journal="Connecticut medicine",
year="1990",
author="Lapidus, G. and Banco, L.",
volume="54",
number="2",
pages="51-55",
abstract="Vital statistics and hospital discharge data were analyzed to provide a detailed epidemiologic profile of injury among Hartford residents 0 to 19 years of age. During 1980-86, 76 death certificates identified injury as the cause of death, resulting in an annual age-specific death rate of 2.3 per 10,000 persons. Injuries caused more deaths among one to 19 year olds (58%) than all other diseases combined. During 1982-86 injury was listed as the principal diagnosis leading to hospitalization for 2,220 Hartford residents 0 to 19 years. The hospitalization rate was 95 per 10,000 persons. Injuries accounted for 16% of all hospital discharges. For ages 0 to 19, homicide was the leading injury-related cause of death accounting for 43% of fatalities. Falls were the leading cause of injury-related hospitalizations accounting for 22% if all discharges. Clay-Arsenal (23%) and the Northeast (17%) neighborhoods accounted for the largest proportion of injury deaths. Actual inpatient hospital charges for 1986 were reviewed. The total cost for 420 injury discharges utilizing 2,208 hospital days exceeded $1.4 million dollars. Fifty-one percent of the injury discharges listed Medicaid as the primary expected payment source for acute care injury-related discharges. The statistical patterns identified in this report will help public health professionals establish goals for injury control efforts such as a reduction in morbidity, mortality, severity, and/or medical costs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-6178",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}