EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCHOOL INJURIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SWEDEN

Citation
A. Hammarstrom et U. Janlert, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCHOOL INJURIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SWEDEN, Scandinavian journal of social medicine, 22(2), 1994, pp. 120-126
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
ISSN journal
03008037
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
120 - 126
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8037(1994)22:2<120:EOSIIT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The aim of this one-year investigation of school accidents is to obtai n more knowledge for preventive work. In the agegroup 7-19 years, 547 injuries were registered, mainly at three hospitals. The incidence rat e was 25 per 1000 boys and 20 per 1000 girls per year. Most injuries o ccurred in intermediate and upper secondary school among boys and in u pper school among girls. The relative risk of school injury compared w ith spare-time injury was 1.8 for boys and 2.6 for girls of compulsory school age. Most injuries occurred in sports area (boys: 34%, girls: 46%). The incidence of sports injuries showed no gender differences. T he highest incidence rate was found in senior school girls. Twenty-fiv e percent of all injuries were caused by other pupils, intentional vio lence being one important mechanism. Head injuries were more common am ong school injuries compared with spare-time injuries.