The Injury Fact Book

by Susan P. Baker, Brian O'Neill, Marvin J. Ginsburg

This is a comprehensive but concise reference that documents the nature and importance of the injury problem in the United States. For each of more than sixty causes of injury, data are presented by age, race, sex, geographic area, urban/rural residence, and per capita income. The second edition includes new chapters on injuries related to sports, work, aviation, and large trucks. Also new are many analyses subdivided by four racial groups as well as age and sex, made possible by the use of mortality data from a seven year period. The updated analyses of time trends throughout the book document major reductions in death rates over the past decade. As a statistical compilation, the book offers users a quick reference to valuable detail, much of which would otherwise be inaccessible. It also discusses reasons for many of the extreme differences among groups of people in injury death rates and describes promising avenues to prevention. This accessible, readable reference will be valuable to public health personnel, physicians, epidemiologists, safety planners and policy makers.

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Dylan]

I took a job in injury epidemiology after being in HIV/TB/STD/Hep C for a couple years. I was told this was considered the book to read to understand the field, so I read it. Despite it being pretty old, many things still hold true and it helped provide me with a better understanding.