TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban versus rural setting as a predictor of injury type and severity among pediatric pedestrians
T2 - using a database derived from state-wide crash data and hospital discharge data in Illinois
AU - Fant, Colleen
AU - Koopmans, Joy
AU - Simon, Norma Jean E.
AU - Lorenz, Doug
AU - Rychlik, Karen
AU - Sheehan, Karen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - We obtained and linked data from the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Hospital Discharge Data System 2008 − 2015. We evaluated differences in demographic characteristics, injury severity and type among cases and examined associations among injury type, severity, and crash location. There were 11,303 injured pedestrians under 19 years of age and 46% matched to hospital data. Demographic characteristics were similar to unlinked cases. Among linked cases, fractures, traumatic brain injury, open wound or amputation, and internal organ injuries occurred more often in rural areas (p < 0.001), as were more severe injuries (p < 0.001). Mild injury and soft tissue injuries occurred more often in urban areas (p < 0.001). These data can inform targeted interventions for injury reduction. Preliminary investigations found that more severe injuries and specific injury types are more likely to occur in rural versus urban settings. Our combined database approach may be extended to other databases.
AB - We obtained and linked data from the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Hospital Discharge Data System 2008 − 2015. We evaluated differences in demographic characteristics, injury severity and type among cases and examined associations among injury type, severity, and crash location. There were 11,303 injured pedestrians under 19 years of age and 46% matched to hospital data. Demographic characteristics were similar to unlinked cases. Among linked cases, fractures, traumatic brain injury, open wound or amputation, and internal organ injuries occurred more often in rural areas (p < 0.001), as were more severe injuries (p < 0.001). Mild injury and soft tissue injuries occurred more often in urban areas (p < 0.001). These data can inform targeted interventions for injury reduction. Preliminary investigations found that more severe injuries and specific injury types are more likely to occur in rural versus urban settings. Our combined database approach may be extended to other databases.
KW - crash
KW - injury
KW - location
KW - Pediatric pedestrian
KW - rural
KW - urban
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U2 - 10.1080/17457300.2020.1835988
DO - 10.1080/17457300.2020.1835988
M3 - Article
C2 - 33106099
AN - SCOPUS:85094213090
JO - International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
JF - International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
SN - 1745-7300
ER -