The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway
This retrospective population-based survey describes the epidemiology of head injury in a defined population in Northern Norway. It includes all 247 patients with head injury referred to the University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway, during 1993. Head injury was defined as physical damage to the brain o...
Published in: | Neuroepidemiology |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
S. Karger AG
1998
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000026165 https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/26165 |
id |
crskarger:10.1159/000026165 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
crskarger:10.1159/000026165 2024-10-06T13:51:30+00:00 The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway Ingebrigtsen, Tor Mortensen, Kim Romner, Bertil 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000026165 https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/26165 en eng S. Karger AG https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses Neuroepidemiology volume 17, issue 3, page 139-146 ISSN 0251-5350 1423-0208 journal-article 1998 crskarger https://doi.org/10.1159/000026165 2024-09-11T04:07:57Z This retrospective population-based survey describes the epidemiology of head injury in a defined population in Northern Norway. It includes all 247 patients with head injury referred to the University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway, during 1993. Head injury was defined as physical damage to the brain or skull caused by external force. The annual incidence rate of hospital-referred head injury was 229/100,000 population with a male preponderance of 1.7:1.0. The cause was a fall in 62%, road traffic accident in 21% and assault in 7% of the cases. The observed incidence rate is low despite the use of wide inclusion criteria, probably due to a decrease in road traffic accidents. A further decrease in the number of head injuries in our region may be achieved by preventing falls. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Tromsø Karger Norway Tromsø Neuroepidemiology 17 3 139 146 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Karger |
op_collection_id |
crskarger |
language |
English |
description |
This retrospective population-based survey describes the epidemiology of head injury in a defined population in Northern Norway. It includes all 247 patients with head injury referred to the University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway, during 1993. Head injury was defined as physical damage to the brain or skull caused by external force. The annual incidence rate of hospital-referred head injury was 229/100,000 population with a male preponderance of 1.7:1.0. The cause was a fall in 62%, road traffic accident in 21% and assault in 7% of the cases. The observed incidence rate is low despite the use of wide inclusion criteria, probably due to a decrease in road traffic accidents. A further decrease in the number of head injuries in our region may be achieved by preventing falls. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Ingebrigtsen, Tor Mortensen, Kim Romner, Bertil |
spellingShingle |
Ingebrigtsen, Tor Mortensen, Kim Romner, Bertil The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway |
author_facet |
Ingebrigtsen, Tor Mortensen, Kim Romner, Bertil |
author_sort |
Ingebrigtsen, Tor |
title |
The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway |
title_short |
The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway |
title_full |
The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway |
title_fullStr |
The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway |
title_full_unstemmed |
The Epidemiology of Hospital-Referred Head Injury in Northern Norway |
title_sort |
epidemiology of hospital-referred head injury in northern norway |
publisher |
S. Karger AG |
publishDate |
1998 |
url |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000026165 https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/26165 |
geographic |
Norway Tromsø |
geographic_facet |
Norway Tromsø |
genre |
Northern Norway Tromsø |
genre_facet |
Northern Norway Tromsø |
op_source |
Neuroepidemiology volume 17, issue 3, page 139-146 ISSN 0251-5350 1423-0208 |
op_rights |
https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1159/000026165 |
container_title |
Neuroepidemiology |
container_volume |
17 |
container_issue |
3 |
container_start_page |
139 |
op_container_end_page |
146 |
_version_ |
1812179733422538752 |