Publication: Incidence and patterns of registered injuries among children in Ongkharak District, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand
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Issued Date
2012
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1252208
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2-s2.0-84876898584
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Bibliographic Citation
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 95, No.SUPPL.12 (2012), p.S118-S124
Suggested Citation
Rattanamongkolgul S., Plitponkarnpim A. Incidence and patterns of registered injuries among children in Ongkharak District, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 95, No.SUPPL.12 (2012), p.S118-S124. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6886
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Abstract
Objective: To describe the pattern of injury incidence and to illustrate the magnitude and the burden of childhood injury in an agricultural area in Thailand. Material and Method: A retrospective descriptive study of new registered injury cases was conducted in a Ongkharak District, Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand, including the population of 12,017 aged of 0-14 years. Data were collected for one year period from September 2006-August 2007 from medical records from 6 hospitals in the province and 14 health centers in the district, including death certificates from local authority vital registration were reviewed over the period of one year. The ICD-10 was used for injury classification. Proportions with 95% confidence intervals were estimated. Results: There were 1,098 records of injuries during one year of the study. Annual incidence rate of of injury was found to be 90.5 per 1,000 population (95%CI: 85.4-95.7) with the mortality rate of 24.96 per 100,000 population (95%CI: -3.28-53.2). About 5% of the injured children need hospital admission and 0.3% of injures are fatal. The injuries are common in the age groups of 4-12 years. Injuries in boys are 1.5 time more common than those in girls. Common causes of injuries are non-animate and animate forces, falls and transportations. Conclusion: The findings from this community-wide study could be a baseline information for comparisons within this community and other agriculture-based area and also for developing preventive measures to reduce injury and the burden.
Subject(s)
Accident
Adolescent
Age
Article
Bite
Child
Childhood injury
Fatality
Female
Gender
Hospital admission
Human
Incidence
Infant
Major clinical study
Male
Mortality
Newborn
Retrospective study
Thailand
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Thailand
Wounds and Injuries
Adolescent
Age
Article
Bite
Child
Childhood injury
Fatality
Female
Gender
Hospital admission
Human
Incidence
Infant
Major clinical study
Male
Mortality
Newborn
Retrospective study
Thailand
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Thailand
Wounds and Injuries