TY - JOUR
T1 - Injury mortality in local communities in Sweden and in the three Baltic States
T2 - implications for prevention.
AU - Ekman, Robert
AU - Kaasik, Taie
AU - Villerusa, Anita
AU - Starkuviene, Skirmante
AU - Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the Swedish Institute. The authors are grateful to Mr. Viswanathan Shankar from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center for the graphs and calculations. The authors appreciate the editorial assistance provided by Diana Stark Ekman PhD, Karolinska Institutet. The authors acknowledge the support of Dr. Kaasik by the Estonian Science Foundation (grant No. 5218). Finally, we are grateful to the country statistical bureaus for providing local community data on injury mortality.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - This study provides a comparative time-trend evaluation of injury mortality in local communities in Sweden and the three Baltic States, considering their national socio-political and economic situations and with analysis of local injury prevention structures and activities. Data for the period from 1990 to 2002 were gathered from national statistical offices for the cities of Borås, Tartu, Jelgava and Kaunas and from WHO databases for national level analyses. The death rates for Borås remained relatively stable over the time period, while the Baltic communities had increasing rates until 1994 and seemed to stabilize after 1997. The differences in injury mortality in the studied communities were highest for the 0 - 19 year age group and especially in the 20 - 64 year age group, but not for the 65+ year age group. Local communities in the Baltic States should consider coordinated safety promotion and injury prevention programmes as a complement to national safety promotion framework.
AB - This study provides a comparative time-trend evaluation of injury mortality in local communities in Sweden and the three Baltic States, considering their national socio-political and economic situations and with analysis of local injury prevention structures and activities. Data for the period from 1990 to 2002 were gathered from national statistical offices for the cities of Borås, Tartu, Jelgava and Kaunas and from WHO databases for national level analyses. The death rates for Borås remained relatively stable over the time period, while the Baltic communities had increasing rates until 1994 and seemed to stabilize after 1997. The differences in injury mortality in the studied communities were highest for the 0 - 19 year age group and especially in the 20 - 64 year age group, but not for the 65+ year age group. Local communities in the Baltic States should consider coordinated safety promotion and injury prevention programmes as a complement to national safety promotion framework.
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U2 - 10.1080/17457300701440576
DO - 10.1080/17457300701440576
M3 - Article
C2 - 17729134
AN - SCOPUS:38449121750
SN - 1745-7300
VL - 14
SP - 153
EP - 161
JO - International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
JF - International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
IS - 3
ER -
