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All accidents involving people from 0 to 24 years (Y) of age treated at the eight City Hospitals, during September 12-27, were analyzed using the WHO/IPA Accidents Committee protocol. Of the 6,557 accidents, 60,2% affected males; 95% were true accidents and 4,2% were intentional injuries. Of the 6.231 true accidents, 21.7% involved children of 0 to 4 years of age, 22,5% were 5-9, 23,2% were 10-14, 20,3% were 15-19 and 12,3% were 20-23 Y 11 months; 53,3% were downfalls, 12,7% impacts, 11,3% caused by machinery, 7,6% traffic accidents, 5,4% animal bites, 2.7% burns. 50,8% occurred at home, 33,2% in public areas, 15,0% inside institutions. Of the home accidents: 38,2% occurred in courtyards, 14,2% in the bedroom, 13,2% in the kitchen, and 10,45% in stairs. Accidents at Institutions: public and private kindergarten accounted for 16,2%, schools for 51,8%, factories for 19,5%. Most accidents at public places occurred in: streets 80,8% or play fields 6,0%. Upper and lower limbs were affected in 63,6%, skull in 12,3%, the face in 7,7%. Most accidents occurred during the day. Nine patients were dead on arrival. Of the accidental deaths directly referred to the Legal Medicine Institute: 113 cases, with 85,4%, males, 74,2% 15-23Y 11 months of age. Cause of death: traffic accidents 30.0%, burns 6,1%, drowning 7,0%, suicide 5,3%, homicide, agression or resisting to it: 44,2%.
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Schmidt, B., Stella, A., Maciel, W. et al. CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (0-24 YEARS) UNDER CARE IN HOSPITALS IN SAO PAULO (BRAZIL) FROM SEPTEMBER 12 TO 27, 1988. Pediatr Res 28, 560 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199011000-00055
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199011000-00055