JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research

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Impact of injuires on the health system The following data describe the specific injury challenges in Alberta and the impact of injury on the health system as one indicator of the burden of injuries. While the rates show a downward trend, costs are still too high considering that most injuries and their consequences are preventable. To fully understand the impact of injuries, it is helpful to visualize the proportion of injury deaths to injury hospitalizations to injury emergency room visits. Figure B-6 illustrates the relationship and shows the progressive impact of mortality and morbidity injuries. Figure B-6 Proportion of injury deaths to injury hospitalizations to injury emergency room visits, Alberta, 1998-1999 Proportions of Injury Deaths to Injury Hospitalisations to Injury Emergency Room Visits, Alberta, 1998-1999 Deaths 2778 1 Hospital 88316 ER Visits 815077 32 293 Source: Health Surveillance, Alberta Health and Wellness For every injury that resulted in death, another 32 required hospitalization and another 293 required a visit to the emergency department. This does not include injuries treated outside hospital settings (e.g., physician offices, occupational health sites or are self managed). Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 68
Trends in injury mortality, hospital mordibity and emergency room visits Injury mortality rates in Alberta from 1986 through 1999 are presented in Figure B-7. During this time period injury death rates have shown an overall decline. Figure B-7 Injury mortality rates, Alberta, 1986-1999 Sex-Age Standardized Mortality Rate (/100,000) 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Year Source: Health Surveillance, Alberta Health and Wellness Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 69
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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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Making Alberta the Safest Place to
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Figure 1 Injury control model BACKG
Page 19 and 20: PURPOSE OF THE ALBERTA INJURY CONTR
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Page 25 and 26: Table 3 Number of child injury deat
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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,
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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 and 64: • Decrease the incidence of injur
Page 65 and 66: Injuries account for a significant
Page 67 and 68: Injury deaths Figure B-4 presents i
Page 69: Figure B-5 Rank order of injury cau
Page 73 and 74: Injury hospitalizations and emergen
Page 75 and 76: Figure B-11 Rank order of injury ca
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Page 79 and 80: OTHER INJURY DATA FOR ALBERTA Other
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Page 83 and 84: Fire injuries Data on fires in Albe
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