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ArticleInjury epidemiology2018

Characteristics of sports and recreation-related emergency department visits among school-age children and youth in North Carolina, 2010-2014.

Katherine J Harmon, Scott K Proescholdbell, Johna Register-Mihalik, David B Richardson, Anna E Waller, Stephen W Marshall

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Article in Injury epidemiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Katherine J HarmonDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB #7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, USA. kjharmon@email.unc.edu.
Scott K ProescholdbellInjury and Violence Prevention Branch, Chronic Disease and Injury Section, NC Division of Public Health, NC Department of Health and Human Services, 5505 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC, 27609, USA.
Johna Register-MihalikDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 125 Fetzer Hall, CB# 8700, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8700, USA.
David B RichardsonDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2102B McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, USA.
Anna E WallerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Physicians Office Building, 170 Manning Dr., CB# 7594, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7594, USA.
Stephen W MarshallDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2102B McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USNC Department of Health and Human Services · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSports and recreational activities are an important cause of injury among children and youth, with sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) being of particular concern given the developing brain. This paper reports the characteristics of sport and recreation-related (SR) emergency department (ED) visits among school-age children and youth in a statewide population.

methodsThis study included all injury-related visits made to all North Carolina 24/7 acute-care civilian hospital-affiliated EDs by school-age youth, 5-18 years of age, during 2010-2014 (N = 918,662). Population estimates were based on US decennial census data. Poisson regression methods were used to estimate incidence rates and rate ratios.

resultsDuring the five-year period, there were 767,075 unintentional injury-related ED visits among school-age youth, of which 213,518 (27.8%) were identified as SR injuries. The average annual absolute number and incidence rate (IR) of SR ED visits among school-age youth was 42,704 and 2374.5 ED visits per 100,000 person-years (95% confidence interval [CI], 2364.4-2384.6), respectively. In comparison to other unintentional injuries among school-age youth, SR ED visits were more likely to be diagnosed with an injury to the upper extremity (Injury Proportion Ratio [IPR] = 1.28; 95% CI, 1.27-1.29), the lower extremity (IPR = 1.14; 95% CI, 1.13-1.15), and a TBI or other head/neck/facial injury (IPR = 1.12; 95% CI, 1.11-1.13). Among ED visits made by school-age youth, the leading cause of SR injury was sports/athletics played as a group or team. The leading cause of team sports/athletics injury was American tackle football among boys and soccer among girls. The proportion of ED visits diagnosed with a TBI varied by age and sex, with 15-18 year-olds and boys having the highest population-based rates.

conclusionsSports and recreational activities are an important component of a healthy lifestyle, but they are also a major source of injury morbidity among school-age youth. Physical activity interventions should take into account sex and age differences in SR injury risk.

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Emergency departmentEpidemiologyInjury surveillanceTraumatic brain injuryYouth sports

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