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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INJURY CONTROL AND SAFETY PROMOTION
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 259-265Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2012.696662
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injury; developmental disability; learning disability
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- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [Y01 HD006001, Y01 HD006001-02] Funding Source: Medline
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We examined unintentional injury among youth with and without developmental disabilities. Our nationally representative sample included 6369 injured youth, aged 0-17 years, who were seen in one of the 63 US hospital emergency rooms that participated in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP) in 2006-2007. Parents or guardians of injured youth were interviewed by telephone after the hospital visit to ascertain disability status. Denominator data were obtained from the National Health Interview Survey. Leading causes of injury were comparable for youth with and without disability. Injury rates (per 100 youth per year) were also comparable [10.4; 95% confidence interval (CI) 7.8, 13.0 and 10.5; 95% CI 8.2, 12.9, for youth with and without disability, respectively]. When examined by specific disability, the rate ratio for youth with learning disabilities versus youth without learning disability was 1.57 (95% CI 1.04, 2.10), which may represent a subgroup for targeted interventions.
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