Using Participant Event Monitoring in a Cohort Study of Unintentional Injuries Among Children and Adolescents
J.R. Wilkins, III, DrPH, BCE,
J. Mac Crawford, PhD,
Lorann Stallones, PhD,
Kathleen M. Koechlin, PhD,
Lei Shen, PhD,
John Hayes, PhD and
Thomas L. Bean, EdD
J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. John Hayes is with the Department of Pediatrics, Columbus Childrens Hospital, Columbus. Thomas L. Bean is with the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus.
FIGURE 1——Log-transformed injury incidence rates from the present study, the US population of 9- to 18-year-olds as a whole, and 19 national and regional studies: all unintentional injuries combined (a) and agriculture-related injuries (b).
Note. Severity/treatment dispositions were classified as no treatment (1); minor treatment or first aid (2); treatment at a hospital, clinic, or doctors office followed by release (3); and treatment at a hospital, clinic, or doctors office followed by hospitalization (4).