Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia

Home is second to road as a place for injury morbidity and mortality. There were 13,401 home injury cases and of which 44 case (0.3%) were fatal. Children below 10 years of age were the most to be affected (35.7%). Males had a higher incidence compared to females. Majority of cases seen were Malaysi...

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Main Authors:	H. Hasni, S. Junainah, J. Jamaliah
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Language:	English
Published:	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2003
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4423/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4423/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4423/1/vol9-02hidayah.pdf

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spelling	ukm-44232016-12-14T06:35:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4423/ Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia H. Hasni, S. Junainah, J. Jamaliah, Home is second to road as a place for injury morbidity and mortality. There were 13,401 home injury cases and of which 44 case (0.3%) were fatal. Children below 10 years of age were the most to be affected (35.7%). Males had a higher incidence compared to females. Majority of cases seen were Malaysians (95.2%). Malays were the highest to be involved (54.8%) followed by Indians (17.3%) and Chinese (11.7%). Among the foreigners, Indonesians were commonly seen (2.2%). Compound followed by kitchen were the common location of injury. Home injuries were more frequent in the evenings between 4p.m. and 8p.m. Falls were the most common event leading to injuries (39.2%) followed by cutting andpiercing (29.2%). Most falls were on the same level due to slipping, tripping or stumbling (60.2%). Kerosene poisoning was common among children especially toddlers (52.6%). Pesticide poisoning was common among adolescents and young adults (20-29 years of age). 61.5% of poisoning deaths were due to pesticide. Majority of burns (70.7%) were as a result of hot liquids and solids. The frequently occurring nature of injury was open wounds (34.5%) and superficial injuries (27.0%) especially to the extremities and to the head. Products such as floor and flooring surface, stairs, furniture, toys, baby walkers had been identified as factors that could contribute to injury. 91.5% of home injuries were accidental and majority (86.0%) were given out-patient treatment. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2003 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4423/1/vol9-02hidayah.pdf H. Hasni, and S. Junainah, and J. Jamaliah, (2003) Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 9 (1). pp. 17-31. ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=327&issue=Vol9(1):2003
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description	Home is second to road as a place for injury morbidity and mortality. There were 13,401 home injury cases and of which 44 case (0.3%) were fatal. Children below 10 years of age were the most to be affected (35.7%). Males had a higher incidence compared to females. Majority of cases seen were Malaysians (95.2%). Malays were the highest to be involved (54.8%) followed by Indians (17.3%) and Chinese (11.7%). Among the foreigners, Indonesians were commonly seen (2.2%). Compound followed by kitchen were the common location of injury. Home injuries were more frequent in the evenings between 4p.m. and 8p.m. Falls were the most common event leading to injuries (39.2%) followed by cutting andpiercing (29.2%). Most falls were on the same level due to slipping, tripping or stumbling (60.2%). Kerosene poisoning was common among children especially toddlers (52.6%). Pesticide poisoning was common among adolescents and young adults (20-29 years of age). 61.5% of poisoning deaths were due to pesticide. Majority of burns (70.7%) were as a result of hot liquids and solids. The frequently occurring nature of injury was open wounds (34.5%) and superficial injuries (27.0%) especially to the extremities and to the head. Products such as floor and flooring surface, stairs, furniture, toys, baby walkers had been identified as factors that could contribute to injury. 91.5% of home injuries were accidental and majority (86.0%) were given out-patient treatment.
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author_facet	H. Hasni, S. Junainah, J. Jamaliah,
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title	Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia
title_short	Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia
title_full	Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia
title_sort	epidemology of home injury in malaysia
publisher	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2003
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Epidemology of home injury in Malaysia

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