Injury surveillance in New York City jails.
Am J Public Health
; 102(6): 1108-11, 2012 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22515857
ABSTRACT
To characterize injuries occurring in jails, we analyzed injury report forms from the New York City jail system. We abstracted data from 4695 injury report forms representing 3863 patients. Of the injuries reported, 66% were classified as intentional. The 2 leading causes of injuries were inmate-on-inmate aggression (40%) and slips and falls (27%). Injuries place a considerable burden on jail health care systems, and there is a need for more studies on this problem and development of injury prevention programs.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prisões
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Ferimentos e Lesões
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Vigilância da População
Tipo de estudo:
Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article