| Violence and injury mortality in the Cape Town metropole. | |
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PMID: 9137341 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To describe accurately the violence and injury mortality in a South African city and demonstrate the utility of secondary data sources to identify injury control priorities. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of medicolegal laboratory (state mortuary), forensic and police data. SETTING: Metropolitan Cape Town, 1994. RESULTS: Non-natural causes (deaths due to homicide, suicide, accidents and undetermined causes) accounted for almost 4000 deaths, which comprised approximately 30% of all-cause mortality during 1994. The five main violence and injury mortality categories were: homicide (1789 cases; 46% of all non-natural mortality), transport accidents (1130 cases; 29% of all non-natural mortality), fire (295 deaths; 8% of all non-natural mortality), suicide (291 deaths; 7% of all non-natural mortality) and drowning (96 cases; 2% of all non-natural mortality). CONCLUSIONS: Priority issues in injury control include the increasing homicidal and suicidal use of firearms, road and rail commuter injury and the spatial distribution of injury. Surveillance, based on non-natural mortality, should be included in local, regional and national health information systems. |
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Authors:
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L B Lerer; R G Matzopoulos; R Phillips |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde Volume: 87 ISSN: 0256-9574 ISO Abbreviation: S. Afr. Med. J. Publication Date: 1997 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-06-27 Completed Date: 1997-06-27 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404520 Medline TA: S Afr Med J Country: SOUTH AFRICA |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 298-301 Citation Subset: IM |
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Health Technology Research Group, University of Cape Town. |
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Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Female Homicide / statistics & numerical data Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged South Africa / epidemiology Suicide / statistics & numerical data Violence / statistics & numerical data* Wounds and Injuries / mortality* |
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S Afr Med J. 1997 Mar;87(3):283-5
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9137337
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