JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research

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Injuries as a major cause of mortality Injuries are a major cause of mortality, especially among young people aged one to 44 years. In 1999, 1,334 Albertans died from injuries; an injury death rate of 47.1 per 100,000 population. On average, four Albertans die everyday from an injury. Figure B-1 presents the age and cause specific mortality rates for injury and other major causes of death among Albertans. Figure B-1 Mortality rates by age and cause, Alberta, 1999 600 Mortality Rate by Age and Cause, Alberta, 1999 500 400 Injury 300 Respiratory Rate / 100,000 200 100 0 Stroke Circulatory Cancer Other 0-1 yea AGE 90+ yrs 85-89 y 80-84 y 75-79 y 70-74 y 65-69 y 60-64 y 55-59 y 50-54 y 45-49 y 40-44 y 35-39 y 30-34 y 25-29 y 20-24 y 15-19 y 10-14 y 05-9 yr 01-4 yr Source: Health Surveillance, Alberta Health and Wellness Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 62
Injuries account for a significant proportion of deaths among Albertans. They are the leading cause of death among those aged one to 44 years, and rank as the fourth leading cause of death among the total population, after cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Figure B-2 presents the proportion of deaths attributed to injury at each age as compared to other diseases. Figure B-2 Proportion of deaths by cause and age: Alberta, 1999 Proportion of Deaths 1.0 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .1 0.0 0-1 Proportion of Deaths by Cause and Age: Alberta, 1999 5-9 15-19 25-29 35-39 45-49 55-59 65-69 75-79 85-89 1-4 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 80-84 90+ Other Causes Respiratory Stroke Heart Disease Cancer Injury AGE Source: Health Surveillance, Alberta Health and Wellness Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 63
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Alberta Injury
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What are the injury control issues?
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Focus on the future—making Albert
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Outcome indicator Current status Ta
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Recommended Actions • Develop and
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Page 25 and 26: Table 3 Number of child injury deat
Page 27 and 28: Other highlights 10 specific to inj
Page 29 and 30: Challenge 2 Under-developed coordin
Page 31 and 32: Challenge 6 Limited research and pr
Page 33 and 34: Figure 3 Overview of the Alberta In
Page 35 and 36: MISSION Contribute to a healthy Alb
Page 37 and 38: Goal 1 Increase the awareness and c
Page 39 and 40: Goal 1 Objective 1.2 Increase the a
Page 41 and 42: Recommended Actions • Implement a
Page 43 and 44: Goal 3 Build and sustain the capaci
Page 45 and 46: Goal 5 Increase research and progra
Page 47 and 48: Goal 6 Optimize emergency response,
Page 49 and 50: Goal 6 Optimize emergency response,
Page 51 and 52: Making Alberta the Safest Place to
Page 53 and 54: • Community-based and not-for-pro
Page 55 and 56: − − Educate and train your work
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Page 59 and 60: • Facilitate stakeholder developm
Page 61 and 62: APPENDIX B Injuries know no boundar
Page 63: • Decrease the incidence of injur
Page 67 and 68: Injury deaths Figure B-4 presents i
Page 69 and 70: Figure B-5 Rank order of injury cau
Page 71 and 72: Trends in injury mortality, hospita
Page 73 and 74: Injury hospitalizations and emergen
Page 75 and 76: Figure B-11 Rank order of injury ca
Page 77 and 78: Rank order of causes of emergency r
Page 79 and 80: OTHER INJURY DATA FOR ALBERTA Other
Page 81 and 82: • Four out of 10 First Nations pe
Page 83 and 84: Fire injuries Data on fires in Albe
Page 85 and 86: APPENDIX C 1 The technical definiti
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