RT Book, Section
A1 Nevin, Paul E.
A1 Damsere-Derry, James
A1 Hijar, Martha
A1 Cuong, Pham Viet
A1 Mock, Charles
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
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ID 1182683660
T1 Injury Prevention and Trauma Care: Global Perspectives
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182683660
RD 2024/04/18
AB Every  day,  almost  13,000  people  lose  their  lives  to  injury  worldwide.  Injuries  are  a  leading  cause  of  death  among  young  people  and  have  an  immeasurably  pervasive  and  deleterious  impact  on  society.  Among  the  major  causes  of  injuries  are  road  traffic  injuries  (RTIs),  violence,  suicide,  burns,  drowning,  falls,  and  poisonings.  In  contrast  to  their  massive  burden  and  preventability,  injuries  have  been  largely  neglected  from  the  global  health  agenda.  According  to  the  most  recent  World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  estimates,  4.9  million  people  died  in  2015  from  injuries  (Table  25-1).1  That’s  over  70%  more  than  the  2.9  million  deaths  due  to  HIV,  TB,  and  malaria  combined.1  Conversely,  those  three  diseases  received  nearly  36%  of  global  health  funding  in  2017,  while  injuries  lumped  together  in  an  “other  health  focus  areas”  category  received  under  12%  of  total  funding.2  In  addition  to  being  a  leading  cause  of  global  death,  injuries  are  also  a  major  contributor  to  global  morbidity.  Many  more  people  suffer  from  the  long-term  physical  and  psychological  consequences  of  nonfatal  injuries  than  those  who  lose  their  lives.  Indeed,  while  accounting  for  just  over  8%  of  global  deaths,3  injuries  contributed  11%  of  disability-adjusted  life  years  in  2016  (DALYs).4