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Please note the following correction to the Alberta Injury Control Strategy, June 2003. Erratum, page 78: Information on page 78 states: “The cost of injuries in First Nations communities is estimated at $14 billion per year (1993).” This information was taken from a report entitled First Nations in Alberta. A Dialogue for Action Planning: Addressing the Problem of Injuries prepared by Anna Auer, Josie Cardinal, Marion Perrin and Wadieh Yacoub, for the Regional Injury Control Committee (RICC) of Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Branch, AB Region. However, the figure of $14 billion per year was referring to the costs of injuries for all of Canada, not First Nations communities. The original source for the above information can be found in a publication entitled Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 1993, published by the authority of the Minister of Health, Health Canada. Readers should also note that a more recent publication (1998) on the cost of injuries for all of Canada is available on the Health Canada website: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/pubssub_e.html
• Four out of 10 First Nations people in Alberta died due to injury and poisoning between 1983 and 1999. • Injury is estimated to account for over half of potential years of life lost among First Nations in Canada. • Motor vehicle collisions, followed by suicide are the leading causes of injury related death among First Nations people. • The suicide rates for First Nations people in Canada are eight times that of the non-Aboriginal population. • In 2001, 86% of all hypothermia deaths with alcohol levels exceeding the legal limit to drive in Alberta were Aboriginal persons. • During the 10-year period of 1989-1998 First Nation Reserves in Alberta accounted for 1% of all fires but 12.3% of all fire deaths. The cost of injuries in First Nations communities is estimated at $14 billion per year (1993). This cost includes direct and indirect costs. The impact of the injuries ranges from premature death, loss of family members, loss of family income and loss of productivity and member contribution. The First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada, Alberta Region, undertook a consultation process with First Nations communities to better understand the nature of the injury problems and challenges in First Nations communities. The consultation process resulted in key principles, themes and recommendations for addressing the challenges. These are described in the report First Nations Communities in Alberta. A Dialogue for Action Planning: Addressing the Problem of Injuries. 24 Farming injuries Alberta has a large agricultural population and economy. Like other areas, those involved in farming have also incurred injuries. Data was analyzed by the ACICR, using the Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. 25 Some facts about injuries associated with farming follow. • In Alberta between 1990 and 2000, 163 fatalities were associated with working on a farm. • The Alberta rate/100,000 farm population for fatalities associated with working on a farm was 7.9, the lowest in Canada. • Tractor-related fatalities accounted for 38% of all farm fatalities. • The highest at-risk group for fatalities associated with working on a farm are children and seniors. • The leading cause of a fatal farm injury is being pinned or struck by the machinery. However, among children aged less than 15 the leading cause is being run over by machinery. Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 78
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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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PURPOSE OF THE ALBERTA INJURY CONTR
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Injuries may be further understood
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