Epidemiology of poisonings, fractures and burns among 0-24 year olds in England using linked health and mortality data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding patterns of injury in England is challenging due to a lack of national injury surveillance data. Through recent linkage of a large primary care research database to hospitalization and mortality data, we describe the epidemiology of poisonings, fractures and burns over a 14-year period.

Methods

We used linked English primary care, hospitalisation and mortality data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, Hospital Episode Statistics and Office for National Statistics between 1998 and 2011 to establish a cohort of 2,106,420 0-24 year olds. Incidence rates, per 10 000 person-years (PY) were estimated by age, sex, calendar year and socioeconomic status. Using Poisson regression we estimated incidence rate ratios, adjusting for age and sex.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Baker R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885973 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature