Journal article
Traffic-related injury hospitalizations among California elderly, 1994
Accident analysis and prevention, Vol.30(3), pp.389-395
1998
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00104-8
PMID: 9663298
Abstract
Traffic-related injuries among the elderly are a growing concern in most developed and many developing countries. To better understand injuries sustained by the elderly in the traffic environment, hospitalizations for traffic-related injuries among those aged 64 and over in California in 1994 were examined to determine incidence and characterize injuries. Both injury incidence and injury severity increased as age increased over 64. Males were more likely to be injured as drivers of motor vehicles, but females were more likely to be injured as passengers. Fractures and internal injuries represented 72.3% of all primary diagnoses, and total hospital charges exceeded $140 million. Efforts to reduce traffic-related injuries in the elderly and to reduce injury severity will be increasingly important as the elderly comprise a larger proportion of the population.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Traffic-related injury hospitalizations among California elderly, 1994
- Creators
- Corinne Peek-Asa - Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, UCLA School of Public Health, CHS 76-078, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USABonnie Blander Dean - Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, UCLA School of Public Health, CHS 76-078, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USAR.J Halbert - Quality Initiatives Division, Foundation Health Systems, 2100 Oxnard Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Accident analysis and prevention, Vol.30(3), pp.389-395
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00104-8
- PMID
- 9663298
- NLM abbreviation
- Accid Anal Prev
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
- eISSN
- 1879-2057
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1998
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984215042402771
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