Day L M, Sherrard J
Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 1996 Jun;20(3):283-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1996.tb01030.x.
The aim of this retrospective study was to identify major categories of death from injury in the age range 25 to 64 years and their potential for prevention. We analysed the Victorian Coroner's database of deaths from injury for the three years from 1989-90 to 1991-92. The major causes of death were suicide (39.9 per cent) and transport-related injury (30.2 per cent). Males accounted for 75.4 per cent of injury deaths. The highest mortality rate was in the youngest age group, 25 to 29 years. Deaths from injury in the study age range accounted for slightly more than half of all deaths from injury in Victoria, although this age group had a lower mortality rate than other age groups. Specific issues for prevention programs include reduction of access to carbon monoxide car emissions and prevention of transport-related injury to motor vehicle occupants. Data reliability issues identified in this study have implications for refinements of the Victorian Coroner's database and hence for the National Coronial Information System currently under development.
这项回顾性研究的目的是确定25至64岁年龄段因伤致死的主要类别及其预防潜力。我们分析了维多利亚州死因裁判法庭1989 - 90年至1991 - 92年这三年间的因伤死亡数据库。主要死因是自杀（39.9%）和与交通相关的伤害（30.2%）。男性占因伤死亡人数的75.4%。死亡率最高的是最年轻的年龄组，即25至29岁。在研究的年龄范围内，因伤死亡人数占维多利亚州所有因伤死亡人数的略多于一半，尽管该年龄组的死亡率低于其他年龄组。预防项目的具体问题包括减少一氧化碳汽车排放的接触以及预防机动车驾乘人员与交通相关的伤害。本研究中发现的数据可靠性问题对维多利亚州死因裁判法庭数据库的完善有影响，因此也对目前正在开发的国家死因裁判信息系统有影响。
