PubMed · 5487967
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J B Lievens. Electrical accidents.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5487967/
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There is little current understanding of the risk for occurrence of unintentional injury in the home. The authors estimated the incidence of unintentional home injuries for an entire community, adjusting for actual time spent awake in the home and, in addition, analyzed the costs of these injuries. Cases of unintentional home injuries occurring from 1990 to 1993 among the residents of Stavanger, Norway (approximately 100,000 population) were identified through a prospective, ongoing injury registration system. Age- and sex-specific per-population incidence and incidence per time spent awake at home were estimated. Time exposure data for adults were obtained from the Norwegian Time Budget Survey and were estimated directly for children. The cost of injuries was estimated based on a random sample of 289 patients. A total of 8,580 persons received medical treatment for unintentional injuries in the home (22.0 per 1,000 population annually, 71.9 per 10 million hours awake at home). The per-population incidence was highest among children age 6 years or younger and among people aged 65 or older (51.0 and 32.7 respectively, per 1,000 population annually). The high population incidence for children was not accounted for by time spent awake at home. For people aged 65-74 years, however, increased incidence was primarily a function of greater time spent awake at home. For persons aged 75 years or older, the high population incidence was due to both high exposure-adjusted incidence and greater time spent awake at home. The male-female ratio of age-standardized per-population incidence was 1.07 (95% confidence interval 1.04-1.10), and the ratio of age-standardized exposure-adjusted incidence was 1.22 (95% confidence interval 1.17-1.28). The estimated cost (direct and indirect) per injury was $1,300 during the first year after injury. Persons aged 75 years or older accounted for 12% of the injuries but 50% of the total medical costs.
The paper describes the epidemiology of accidents caused by inflatable bouncers. The estimated number of bouncers and bouncing castles in DK was 300-350 in 1993. The data were extracted from the Danish part of the EHLASS project ("the European Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System). The project registers injuries in five Danish casualty wards, covering a total uptake area of 14.2% of the Danish population. In 1993, there were 91 injuries caused by inflatable bouncers, 37% of them in boys, and 63% in girls. Seventy-nine percent of the injuries were caused by falling, 19% by contact with an object or another person and 2% stress injuries. The type of injury were: bruises 42%, fractures 31%, distorsions 23%, and tendon/muscle strains 3%. The location of the fractures were: one in the spine, two in the clavicle, all other (25) were located in the limbs. Four patients had to be admitted for further observation or treatment. The average cost per injury was 839 dKr., or aprox 150 US$. It does not seem necessary to take special precautions or make restrictions in the use of this new playground article.