Evidence Review : Unintentional Injury Prevention

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Evidence Review : Unintentional Injury Prevention B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit

Abstract

Injuries are the leading cause of death and hospitalization for children, youth and adults (to age 44) in BC, and the fourth leading cause of death across all age groups. Approximately 1,200 people in BC are injured each day and of these 4 will die. Each year, approximately 424,000 (1998) preventable, unintentional injuries occur. These injuries cost an estimated $2.1 billion per year, or $513 per British Columbian (2001). The primary purpose of this review is to disseminate timely prevention evidence on the major issues related to unintentional injury in British Columbia.

Item Metadata

Title	Evidence Review : Unintentional Injury Prevention
Alternate Title	Core Public Health Functions for BC
Creator	B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit
Date Issued	2007-11
Description	Injuries are the leading cause of death and hospitalization for children, youth and adults (to age 44) in BC, and the fourth leading cause of death across all age groups. Approximately 1,200 people in BC are injured each day and of these 4 will die. Each year, approximately 424,000 (1998) preventable, unintentional injuries occur. These injuries cost an estimated $2.1 billion per year, or $513 per British Columbian (2001). The primary purpose of this review is to disseminate timely prevention evidence on the major issues related to unintentional injury in British Columbia.
Subject	Children and youth (0-19); Adults (20-64); Older adults/seniors (65+); Injury outcomes; Injury policy and prevention
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2021-10-01
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0402403
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79855
Affiliation	Other UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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