The unintentional injury rate is based on the number of hospitalizations for unintentional injuries per 100,000 children and youth ages birth through 19 years. This includes injuries caused by such occurrences as motor vehicle crashes, drowning, fires and falls.
The unintentional injury mortality rate is based on the number of deaths for unintentional injuries per 100,000 children and youth ages birth through 19 years. The numbers and rates are presented as three-year averages. Three-year averaging improves the reliability of the data in counties with small populations where slight variations in the number of deaths can result in large fluctuations in their annual rates.
Significance:
Injuries that are so serious as to cause hospitalization may result in temporary or permanent disability. They are among the leading causes of death for children and youth and are one of the most preventable.
Findings:
In 2006, there were 14,225 hospitalizations for unintentional injuries among New York State children ages birth through 19 years. This represents a significant decline from 2000 when the number of such hospitalizations was 15,707.
In New York State, the rate of hospitalizations for unintentional injuries declined from 301.4 per 100,000 children and youth ages birth through 19 years in 2000 to 279.8 in 2006.
Children and youth ages birth through 19 years living in New York City, compared to their peers in Rest of State, were more likely to be hospitalized for an unintentional injury in 2006 (303.5 per 100,000 children aged 0-19 vs. 262.4 per 100,000 children, respectively).
In 2004-2006, in New York State, the average unintentional injury mortality rate for children ages 0 to 19 was 7.5 per 100,000 children. This was an improvement over the 1999-2001 rate of 8.7 per 100,000 children.
Although children between the ages of 0 to 19 residing in the Rest of State were less likely to be hospitalized for an unintentional injury than their New York City peers, their unintentional injury mortality rate was double the rate for children living in New York City during the 2004-2006 time period (9.4/100,000 children vs. 4.8 per 100,000 children, respectively).
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