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ORIGINAL ARTICLE |
Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Center for Disease Control, Hyattsville, Maryland
Correspondence and reprint requests to:
Dr Hanyu Ni, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics/CDC, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA;
hni{at}cdc.gov
Objectives: This study described epidemiologic patterns of recreational injuries among school aged children in the US and assessed the relation of these patterns to socioeconomic status.
Methods: Combined data from the 1997–98 National Health Interview Surveys for 38 458 children aged 6–17 years regarding non-fatal recreational injury episodes that received medical attention, reported by a household adult, were analysed. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between recreational injury and socioeconomic status while controlling for confounding factors.
Results: The annualized rate of recreational injury was 91.2 episodes per 1000 children, with an increased risk associated with a higher family income status or being non-Hispanic white. For children from not poor families, most injury episodes occurred in sport facilities, whereas for children from poor and near poor families, most occurred outside the home.
Conclusion: Recreational injury is a significant health problem for school aged children in the US. Non-Hispanic white children and children from affluent families are at increased risk of recreational injury.
Keywords: recreational injury; socioeconomic status; school aged children
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision; NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics; NHIS, National Health Interview Survey; OR, odds ratio
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