Ongoing Survey on Accidents in Daily Life (EPAC). 2010 Results for Metropolitan France
Accidents of daily life (ADLs) are defined as "unintentional injuries" that occur in a domestic setting (at home or in the immediate vicinity) or outdoors (in a store, on a sidewalk, etc.), in a school setting, during sports activities, and so on. This definition excludes traffic accidents and workplace accidents. AcVCs account for 5 million emergency room visits, several hundred thousand hospitalizations, and more than 20,000 deaths in France each year. They thus constitute a major public health problem, for which prevention efforts are essential yet insufficiently developed. The diversity and multiplicity of circumstances and risk factors for the occurrence of daily life accidents necessitate the implementation of varied epidemiological surveillance systems, intended to inform prevention efforts. Among other existing surveys, the Permanent Survey on Daily Life Accidents (EPAC) is an irreplaceable epidemiological tool for contributing to this surveillance. Operating in about ten hospitals in mainland France and one in Réunion, it provides data on the characteristics of ACI leading to emergency department visits: location, activity, and mechanism of injury; products involved; injury and affected body part; and care provided in the emergency department and hospital. This report contains the results of CVA incidents that occurred in 2010 in mainland France according to EPAC. They are broken down by three age groups: 0–16 years, 17–64 years, and 65 years and older. Specific results are provided for accidents involving a horse, a dog, a ladder, stairs, a door, a saw, and a bicycle.
Author(s): Pedrono G, Bouilly M, Thelot B
Publishing year: 2016
Pages: 100 p.
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