@article{ref1,
title="The epidemiology of severe injuries to children in northern Manhattan: methods and incidence rates",
journal="Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology",
year="1992",
author="O'Connor, P. and Durkin, Maureen S. and Davidson, Leslie L. and Heagarty, M. C. and Barlow, Barbara Ann",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="153-165",
abstract="The epidemiology of injury incidence in inner-city children has not previously been described. This study presents the methods used and the incidence rates found for severe injury (causing hospitalisation or death) in a population of 89,000 children under age 17 years in northern Manhattan, a largely poor area of New York City. The average annual incidence rate (measured from 1983 to 1987) for severe injuries to children under 17 was 846/100,000 a year. The vast majority (79%) were classified as unintentional. Nine per cent were due to assault, 3% were self-inflicted and in an additional 9% the intention was unclear. Classified by cause, the highest incidence (per 100,000/year) was found for falls (218), vehicle-related (141, primarily pedestrian), ingestion (119) and burns (110). Guns caused 3% of the injuries (27). The death rate from injury was 18.7/100,000, 36% of which was due to homicide. In an additional 28%, intentional injury was suspected. The suicide rate was 0.4/100,000. The leading causes of injury death included guns and burns (both 2.7/100,000). Compared with childhood injury rates in predominantly rural and suburban populations, the rates reported here for northern Manhattan are higher for overall injury incidence (fatal and non-fatal) and for homicide, but lower for injury mortality not due to homicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-5022",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}