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. 2020 Sep;40(9):281-287.
doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.40.9.03.

Injury hospitalizations in Canada 2018/19

[Article in English, French]
Xiaoquan Yao  1 , Robin Skinner  1 , Steven McFaull  1 , Wendy Thompson  1
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Injury hospitalizations in Canada 2018/19

[Article in English, French]
Xiaoquan Yao et al. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2020 Sep.

Abstract
in English, French

National injury hospitalization statistics are essential for understanding the burden and pattern of injuries. This paper used the Discharge Abstract Database to analyse injury hospitalizations in Canada (excluding Quebec) for fiscal year 2018/19. The results show that unintentional injuries were the eighth leading cause of hospitalization compared to all other diseases and conditions. For unintentional injury-related hospitalizations, in rank order, the leading causes were falls, suffocation, motor vehicle traffic crashes, poisonings, struck by/against, and fire/hot object/smoke. However, the rankings were different across age groups.

Les statistiques nationales sur les hospitalisations pour blessure sont essentielles pour comprendre le fardeau et le profil des blessures. Dans cette étude, on a utilisé la Base de données sur les congés des patients afin d’analyser les hospitalisations pour blessure au Canada (à l’exception du Québec) pour l’exercice 2018-2019. Il en ressort que les blessures non intentionnelles occupent le huitième rang des principales causes d’hospitalisation pour l’ensemble des maladies et affections. Dans le cas des hospitalisations pour blessure non intentionnelle, les principales causes sont, dans l’ordre, les chutes, la suffocation, les accidents de la circulation avec un véhicule à moteur, les empoisonnements, l’exposition à des forces mécaniques et l’exposition à la fumée, au feu et aux objets brûlants. Toutefois, ce classement est variable selon le groupe d’âge.

Keywords: assualt; falls; injury hospitalizations; leading causes; self-inflicted injuries; unintentional injuries.

Plain language summary

National injury hospitalization statistics are essential for understanding the burden and pattern of injuries, including nonfatal events, in Canada and informing prevention strategies. In fiscal year 2018/19, unintentional injuries were the eighth leading cause of hospitalizations overall compared to all other diseases and conditions. They were ranked ninth or higher among causes of hospitalization for every age group except less than 1 year olds. Falls were the leading cause of hospitalization in every age group for unintentional injury-related hospitalizations.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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