Data Updates: Injury Hospitalization and Self-Inflicted Injury Rates

We recently updated two related measures of children’s health and well being – injury hospitalizations and self-inflicted injuries. Following are some highlights about what these data tell us about how kids in California are faring:

• 2009 data from the California Department of Public Health show that, for California children/youth ages 0-20, the rate of hospitalizations for non-fatal injuries has generally declined since 2000. Unintentional injuries account for the vast majority (almost 75% in 2009) of the total number of injuries, and injury hospitalization rates vary greatly among California counties, from about 150 per 100,000 kids/youth to more than 400 in 2009. Learn more about these data>>

• The rate of youth self-inflicted injury hospitalizations in California also has dropped since 2000. County-level rates varied from about 19 per 100,000 children/youth ages 5-20 to more than 60 per 100,000 in 2009. Learn more about self-inflicted injuries>>

• Injury hospitalizations, whether self-inflicted or due to other causes, are most common among youth ages 16-20.

Posted by kidsdata.org

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