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Table 1 Incidence and mortality due to injury per 1,000 persons in the age group 0-24 years, by country: absolute numbers and rates

From: Burden of injury in childhood and adolescence in 8 European countries

Country

Absolute numbers

Per 1,000 inhabitants

 

Incidence

Deaths c

Incidence

Mortality rate c

 

Not-admitted EDa patients

Hospitalized patientsb

 

Not-admitted EDa patients

Hospitalized patients b

 

Austria d

201 944f

51 819

665

85.9

22.0

0.29

Denmark d

290 439g

29 396

371

181.6

18.4

0.23

Ireland d

76 502d

25 882

355

51.7

17.5

0.24

Latvia e

177 204

13 985

488

256.3

20.2

0.71

Netherlandsd

468 660

28 759

704

97.0

6.0

0.15

Norwayd

188 455

17 510

385

128.6

12.2

0.27

Slovenia e

5 544

8 405

204

36.0h

15.4

0.37

UK, Englandd

309 1943f

235 498

3175

200.0

15.2

0.19

UK, Wales d

156 682

17 354

 

171.7

19.0

 
  1. a ED = Emergency department; data extrapolated.
  2. b Data from hospital discharge registers.
  3. c Data from World Health Organization Mortality Database 2005.
  4. d ED and HDR incidence data from the year 1999 (EUROCOST project).
  5. e ED and HDR incidence data from the year 2005 (APOLLO project).
  6. f Only home and leisure injury data included.
  7. g Only unintentional injury data included.
  8. h Incidence rate of non-admitted ED patients in Slovenia is an underestimation, due to an incorrect extrapolation factor.
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