JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research

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Figure B-8 Injury hospital morbidity rates, Alberta, 1993-1999 3000 Sex-Age Standardized Hospital Morbidity Rate (/100,000) 2500 2000 1500 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Year Source: Health Surveillance, Alberta Health and Wellness Injury hospital morbidity rates have shown a decline from 1993 to 1999. Figure B-9 Injury emergency room visit rates, Alberta, 1997-1999 20000 19000 Sex-Age Standardized Emergency Room Visit Rate (/100,000) 18000 17000 16000 15000 14000 13000 12000 11000 * 10000 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Year * Yearly Rate estimated from 9 months of data Source: Health Surveillance, Alberta Health and Wellness Data on injury emergency room visits were available in 1997; hence, too little data are currently available to establish a trend. Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 70
Injury hospitalizations and emergency room visits by cause and age Figure B-10 Injury hospitalizations, Alberta, 1994-1999 Injury Hospitalizations, Alberta, 1994-1999 Adverse Effects Falls MV Parasuicide Other Source: Health Surveillance, Alberta Health and Wellness The most frequent causes of injury hospitalizations are combined over a five-year period. The most frequent cause of injury hospitalization was adverse effects, which also included adverse events in a hospital setting such as medication adverse reactions. Other major causes of injury hospitalization and their rates per 100,000 in 1999 were: • Falls with a rate of 366.8. • Motor vehicle collisions with a rate of 78.4. • Parasuicide (suicide attempts) with a rate of 76.7. Other causes included assault, other transportation-related injuries, overexertion/strenuous movements, late effects of injuries, struck by objects/person, and poisonings. Poisoning Struck Late effects Overexertion Other Transportation Assault Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 71
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JUNE 2003
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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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Recommended Actions • Implement t
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Making Alberta the Safest Place to
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Figure 1 Injury control model BACKG
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PURPOSE OF THE ALBERTA INJURY CONTR
Page 21 and 22: Injuries may be further understood
Page 23 and 24: Table 2 (continued) Application of
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
Page 57 and 58: • Federal Government − − −
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 and 70: Figure B-5 Rank order of injury cau
Page 71: Trends in injury mortality, hospita
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Page 77 and 78: Rank order of causes of emergency r
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
Page 85 and 86: APPENDIX C 1 The technical definiti
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