Australian journal of public health.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Public Health Association of Australia,. Canberra : Public Health Association Of Australia
Frequency: Six no. a year
Country: Australia
Language: English
Author(s):
Public Health Association of Australia.
Start Year:1991 - 1995
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 1035-7319 (Print) 1035-7319 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 9105166 |
| (DNLM): | SR0070685(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 23435208 |
| Coden: | AJPHET |
| Classification: | W1 AU618R |
Injuries due to falls from horses. This study describes the epidemiology of injuries due to falls from horses in New Zealand. There were 54 fatalities from 1977 to 1986 (0.17 per 100,000 persons per year). There were 773 hospitalisations in 1987 (23.7 per 100,000 persons per year). Head injuries were predominant among both fatal and nonfatal injuries. The incidence of nonfatal head injury in the 10 to 19 age group was significantly higher than the incidence in all older groups (P = 0.003). Young people, particularly females, were the segment of the population most affected by the problem of falls from horses. Reference to data ...