PMID- 28964510
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180815
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1879-0267 (Electronic)
IS  - 0020-1383 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 11
DP  - 2017 Nov
TI  - The epidemiology of work-related injury admissions to hospitals in the Midland 
      region of New Zealand.
PG  - 2478-2484
LID - S0020-1383(17)30630-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.injury.2017.09.018 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with 
      work-related injuries (WRI) admitted to hospitals in New Zealand's Midland Trauma 
      System (MTS) during a four year period. METHODS: A retrospective review was 
      conducted of trauma registry records for adults (>/=15years) admitted to four 
      hospitals in the MTS as a result of WRI between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 
      2015. We describe the patterns of injury incidence by demographic 
      characteristics, employment industry, mechanism of injury, body regions injured, 
      injury severity score (ISS), month, day and time of injury, duration of hospital 
      stay, domicile District Health Board (DHB), and discharge destination. RESULTS: 
      The 2169 WRI trauma admissions, corresponded to an annualised rate of 205.8 per 
      100,000 workers or 234.3 per 100,000 full time employment employees (FTE). Injury 
      rates were highest among males (238.0 per 100,000 workers) and those aged 15-24 
      years (227.1 per 100,000 workers), and lowest among Asians (83 per 100,000 
      workers). The highest injury rates occurred among the 
      'agriculture/forestry/fishing', 'manufacturing', and 
      'transport/postal/warehousing' industries. 'Contact with machinery' was the most 
      common mechanism of injury, and the 'extremities or pelvic girdle' the most 
      common body region injured. The in-hospital case fatality rate was <0.5%. 
      CONCLUSION: The predominance of WRI in the 'agriculture/forestry/fishing' 
      industries in the Midland region is consistent with national estimates. The high 
      rate of injuries amongst males, young adults, and Maori requires further 
      exploration.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Kool, Bridget
AU  - Kool B
AD  - Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, 
      University of Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: b.kool@auckland.ac.nz.
FAU - Ameratunga, Shanthi
AU  - Ameratunga S
AD  - Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
FAU - Scott, Nina
AU  - Scott N
AD  - Waikato District Health Board, New Zealand.
FAU - Lawrenson, Ross
AU  - Lawrenson R
AD  - National Institute of Demography and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato, 
      New Zealand.
FAU - Christey, Grant
AU  - Christey G
AD  - Midland Trauma System, Waikato District Health Board, New Zealand.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170922
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Injury
JT  - Injury
JID - 0226040
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitalization/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Injury Severity Score
MH  - Length of Stay/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - New Zealand/epidemiology
MH  - Occupational Injuries/*epidemiology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - White People/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adults
OT  - Epidemiology
OT  - New Zealand
OT  - Trauma admissions
OT  - Work-related injury
EDAT- 2017/10/02 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/16 06:00
CRDT- 2017/10/02 06:00
PHST- 2017/05/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/09/10 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/09/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/10/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/02 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0020-1383(17)30630-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.injury.2017.09.018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Injury. 2017 Nov;48(11):2478-2484. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.09.018. Epub 2017 
      Sep 22.