TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Childhood injuries in North Carolina: a statewide analysis of hospitalizations and deaths
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Runyan, Carol S. Wolf
A1  - Buescher, P. A.
A1  - Margolis, L. H.
A1  - Kotch, Jonathan B.
SP  - 1429
EP  - 1432
VL  - 75
IS  - 12
N2  - We report the nature and causes of childhood injuries leading to hospitalization or death in North Carolina. Based on an 89 per cent sample of 1980 hospital discharges of children between 0 and 19 years of age, the overall annual rate of trauma-related hospitalizations was 80 per 10,000. The rate varied from 119 per 10,000 for the 15-19 year age group to 56 per 10,000 for children between ages 5 and 9. Hospitalization rates are lower than those reported elsewhere, although death rates, based on a seven-year period, are higher in the data reported here. Potential reasons for these differences are suggested.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -