Trends in alcohol-related injury admissions in adolescents in Western Australia and England: population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol-related harm in young people is now a global health priority. We examined trends in hospital admissions for alcohol-related injuries for adolescents in Western Australia (WA) and in England, identified groups most at risk and determined causes of injuries.

Methods

Annual incidence rates for alcohol-related injury rates were calculated using population-level hospital admissions data for WA and England. We compared trends in different types of alcohol-related injury by age and gender.

Results

Despite a decrease in the overall rate of injury admissions for people aged 13-17 years in WA, alcohol-related injuries have increased significantly from 1990 to 2009 (from 8 to 12 per 10 000). Conversely, alcohol-related injury rates have declined in England sin

SUBMITTER: O'Donnell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623454 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature