Table 8.

Epidemiological studies from Europe – childhood and teen injuries

Author and date	Type of study/data source	Population (denominator)/size	Level of severity	Epidemiological observation	Major findings	Epidemiological shortcomings
Borzecky et al., 2002 [77]	descriptive study/Surgical Ward of Specialist Paediatric Hospital Kielce data	children (7–15 y) Kielce, Poland	hospitalization	proportions by age, gender, cause, location, urban/rural, time of occurrence	1997/1998 46% of injuries within age 10–12 y; most of injuries occurs in boys; leading locations: 56% at home; 18% on the road; 13% at school, 7% at farms; 53% rural area	No population based rates, no information on severity; 1 year study and one geographical region only
Oprescu et al., 2008 [73]	analytic study/Children Clinical Hospital data	children (0–18 y)/Cluj Napoca, Romania	A&E	proportions by age, gender, type, cause, ethnic status, location, process of care (e.g. waiting time), OR (injury type/age, gender, location); rates by age	1999–2003 A&E attendance rate per 100,000: 197 (age <5 y)/140 (age 5–14 y)/135 (age 15–18 y) 77.8% unintentional injuries,; 55.8% home injuries (unintentional); higher risk of injuries for boys vs. girls; falls as a leading cause age 0–14 y	No information on severity; one geographical region only; non-fatal injuries
Petridou et al., 2001 [75]	analytic study/Emergency Department Injury Surveillance System	children (0–14 y) Athens, Magnesia, Island of Corfu Greece	A&E	proportions by age, gender, type, circumstances of injury, process of care (e.g. treatment), rates and regression (OR intentional vs. non-intentional -socio-demographic variables, injury details)	1996–1997 108 injuries out of 46.807 due to violence; rates per 100,000 (violence): 18 (Athens)/21 (Magnesia)/31 (Corfu) subgroup at higher risk: boys/age 10–14 y/migrants, OR = 1.3/2.7/3.6	No population based rates for un-intentional injuries
Petridou et al., 2005 [74]	analytic (prospective) study/Health care outlets and educational institutions; police records; hospital data	children (0–14 y)/784 Velestino town, Greece	hospitalization, A&E and other sources – police, health care outlets)	proportions, rates by severity (ISS), age, gender; OR, regression (OR injury – socio-demographic and somatometric variables)	1994/1995 28.2 per 100 person year overall incidence rate; 6.3 per 100 person year incidence rate (ISS>4) subgroup at higher risk: children with younger parents/low level of education, OR = 1.33/1.37	1 year study and one geographical region only