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Childhood road traffic injuries in Canada – a provincial comparison of transport injury rates over time Fridman, Liraz; Fraser-Thomas, Jessica L.; Pike, Ian, 1958-; Macpherson, Alison

Abstract

Background: In Canada, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among children and youth ≤19. Across the country, there is variability in road traffic injury prevention policies and legislation. Our objective was to compare pediatric road traffic related injury hospitalization and death rates across Canadian provinces. Methods: Population-based hospitalization and death rates per 100,000 were analyzed using data from the Discharge Abstract Database and provincial coroner’s reports. Road traffic related injuries sustained by children and youth ≤19 years were analyzed by province and cause between 2006 and 2012. Results: The overall transport-related injury morbidity rate for children in Canada was 70.91 per 100,000 population between 2006 and 2012. The Canadian population-based injury hospitalization rates from all transport-related causes significantly decreased from 85.51 to 58.77 per 100,000 (− 4.42; p 

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Childhood road traffic injuries in Canada – a provincial comparison of transport injury rates over time
Creator
Fridman, Liraz; Fraser-Thomas, Jessica L.; Pike, Ian, 1958-; Macpherson, Alison
Contributor
B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2018-12-06
Description
Background: In Canada, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among children and youth ≤19. Across the country, there is variability in road traffic injury prevention policies and legislation. Our objective was to compare pediatric road traffic related injury hospitalization and death rates across Canadian provinces. Methods: Population-based hospitalization and death rates per 100,000 were analyzed using data from the Discharge Abstract Database and provincial coroner’s reports. Road traffic related injuries sustained by children and youth ≤19 years were analyzed by province and cause between 2006 and 2012. Results: The overall transport-related injury morbidity rate for children in Canada was 70.91 per 100,000 population between 2006 and 2012. The Canadian population-based injury hospitalization rates from all transport-related causes significantly decreased from 85.51 to 58.77 per 100,000 (− 4.42; p 
Subject
Injury prevention; Policy; Epidemiology; Motor vehicle collisions; Child; Children and youth (0-19); Road injury; Injury policy and prevention
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2018-12-06
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0375596
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/67985
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Pediatrics, Department of
Citation
BMC Public Health. 2018 Dec 06;18(1):1348
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s12889-018-6269-9
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Graduate
Copyright Holder
The Author(s).
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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