TY - JOUR
T1 - Intentional and unintentional injuries in women an overview
AU - Dannenberg, Andrew L.
AU - Baker, Susan P.
AU - Li, Guohua
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported by Grant R49/CCR302486 to the Johns Hopkins Injury Prevention Center from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PY - 1994/3
Y1 - 1994/3
N2 - Injuries are the leading cause of death for females 1 to 34 years old, and a major source of preventable morbidity and mortality in middle-aged and elderly women. In the United States, 43,000 women die from injuries and approximately 1 million women are hospitalized for injuries annually. The leading causes of injury death in women are motor vehicle-related injuries (34%), suicide (14%), falls (14%), and homicide (12%). Injuries of particular concern include fatal and nonfatal falls in elderly women, homicides among young black women, suicides among young white women, work-related homicides among female convenience store workers, and fatal and nonfatal injuries in pregnant and nonpregnant women associated with domestic violence. Strategies to prevent most types of injuries are either known or being investigated. Increased efforts to develop, implement, and evaluate such interventions would help to reduce the toll of injuries on women's health.
AB - Injuries are the leading cause of death for females 1 to 34 years old, and a major source of preventable morbidity and mortality in middle-aged and elderly women. In the United States, 43,000 women die from injuries and approximately 1 million women are hospitalized for injuries annually. The leading causes of injury death in women are motor vehicle-related injuries (34%), suicide (14%), falls (14%), and homicide (12%). Injuries of particular concern include fatal and nonfatal falls in elderly women, homicides among young black women, suicides among young white women, work-related homicides among female convenience store workers, and fatal and nonfatal injuries in pregnant and nonpregnant women associated with domestic violence. Strategies to prevent most types of injuries are either known or being investigated. Increased efforts to develop, implement, and evaluate such interventions would help to reduce the toll of injuries on women's health.
KW - Women
KW - falls
KW - homicide
KW - injuries
KW - pregnancy
KW - suicide
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U2 - 10.1016/1047-2797(94)90059-0
DO - 10.1016/1047-2797(94)90059-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 8205280
AN - SCOPUS:0028220192
SN - 1047-2797
VL - 4
SP - 133
EP - 139
JO - Annals of epidemiology
JF - Annals of epidemiology
IS - 2
ER -