Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Organization of the Book
  • Chapter 2 Injuries in Relation to Other Health Problems
  • Injuries as a Cause of Death
  • Trends in Mortality from Injuries and Other Causes
  • Societal Costs
  • Physician Contacts
  • Hospital Admissions
  • Chapter 3 Overview of Injury Mortality
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Temporal Variation
  • Historical Trends
  • Chapter 4 Unintentional Injury
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic DifferencesTemporal Variation
  • Historical Trends
  • Chapter 5 Suicide
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Temporal Variation
  • Historical Trends
  • Chapter 6 Homicide
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Temporal Variation
  • Historical Trends
  • Chapter 7 Sports and Recreation
  • Preventive Approaches
  • Chapter 8 Aviation and Rail Transportation
  • Aviation
  • Characteristics of Crashes
  • Age, Sex, and Race
  • Geographic FactorsSeason, Day, and Time
  • Time Trends and Preventive Measures
  • Railroads
  • Age, Sex, and Race
  • Season
  • Historical Trends and Preventive Measures
  • Chapter 9 Occupational Injury
  • Nonfatal Injury
  • Age and Sex
  • Per Capita Income and Race
  • Geographic Differences
  • Temporal Variation
  • Occupation and Industry
  • Historical Trends and Preventive Measures
  • Chapter 10 Falls
  • Place of Injury
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Historical Trends
  • Preventive MeasuresChapter 11 Firearms
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Season and Type of Weapon
  • Historical Trends
  • Preventive Measures
  • Chapter 12 Fires, Burns, and Lightning
  • Housefires
  • Clothing Ignition
  • Scalds and Other Burns
  • Lightning
  • Chapter 13 Drowning
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Temporal Variation
  • Historical Trends
  • Preventive Measures
  • Chapter 14 Asphyxiation by Choking and Suffocation
  • Age and SexRace and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Season and Day of Week
  • Historical Trends
  • Preventive Measures
  • Chapter 15 Poisoning
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Opiates and Cocaine
  • Other Drugs
  • Alcohol
  • Childhood Poisoning
  • Chapter 16 Introduction to Motor Vehicle Crashes
  • Age and Sex
  • Race and Per Capita Income
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Historical Trends
  • Chapter 17 Motor Vehicle Occupants
  • Age and Sex
  • Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences
  • Season, Day, and Time