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dc.contributor.authorBakke, Håkon Kvåleen_US
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Ingrid Schrøderen_US
dc.contributor.authorBendixen, Anette Bakkaneen_US
dc.contributor.authorMorild, Ingeen_US
dc.contributor.authorLilleng, Peer Kåreen_US
dc.contributor.authorWisborg, Torbenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-11T14:29:05Z
dc.date.available2014-07-11T14:29:05Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-02eng
dc.identifier.issn1757-7241
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/8146
dc.description.abstractBackground: Many studies indicate rural location as a separate risk for dying from injuries. For decades, Finnmark, the northernmost and most rural county in Norway, has topped the injury mortality statistics in Norway. The present study is an exploration of the impact of rurality, using a point-by-point comparison to another Norwegian county. Methods: We identified all fatalities following injury occurring in Finnmark between 2000 and 2004, and in Hordaland, a mixed rural/urban county in western Norway between 2003 and 2004 using data from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry. Intoxications and low-energy trauma in patients aged over 64 years were excluded. To assess the effect of a rural locale, Hordaland was divided into a rural and an urban group for comparison. In addition, data from Statistics Norway were analysed. Results: Finnmark reported 207 deaths and Hordaland 217 deaths. Finnmark had an injury death rate of 33.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. Urban Hordaland had 18.8 deaths per 100,000 and rural Hordaland 23.7 deaths per 100,000. In Finnmark, more victims were male and were younger than in the other areas. Finnmark and rural Hordaland both had more fatal traffic accidents than urban Hordaland, but fewer non-fatal traffic accidents. Conclusions: This study illustrates the disadvantages of the most rural trauma victims and suggests an urban-rural continuum. Rural victims seem to be younger, die mainly at the site of injury, and from road traffic accident injuries. In addition to injury prevention, the extent and possible impact of lay people’s first aid response should be explored.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/eng
dc.subjectTraumaeng
dc.subjectEpidemiologyeng
dc.subjectRuraleng
dc.subjectUrbaneng
dc.subjectRoad traffic injurieseng
dc.subjectInjuryeng
dc.titleFatal injury as a function of rurality - a tale of two Norwegian countiesen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2013-08-23T08:53:21Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2013 Bakke et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.rights.holderHåkon Kvåle Bakke et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.source.articlenumber14
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-21-14
dc.identifier.cristin1020781
dc.source.journalScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
dc.source.4021


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