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12 A reduction in the rate at which children are admitted into hospital as a result of unintentional injury resulting in a hospital stay of longer than three days (England).
Baseline and trends: Baseline year – 1996/97. Figures for 1990/91 to 1994/95 (not comparable with recent estimates) show a reduction over time in the admission rate per 1,000 population. The decline has continued in recent years with a fall in the admission rate from 1.22 per 1,000 in 1996/97 to 0.94 per 1,000 children in 2000/01. Between 2000/01 and 2002/03 the admission rate remained fairly constant but but since then it has fallen again to 0.83 per 1,000 in 2005/06.
Admission rate to hospital as a result of an unintentional injury resulting in a hospital stay of longer than three days for children aged under 16 (per 1,000) (England)
Note:
- Figures are estimates.
- There are a number of cases where gender is not known: they have been included in the figures for Persons
- Figures for 2002/03 to 2004/05 have been recalculated using revised population estimates for 2002 to 2004 issued by ONS in August 2007
Definition: Hospital admission rate for children aged under 16 with unintentional injury sufficiently serious to require a hospital stay exceeding three days (serious injury).
Data source: Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health and Office for National Statistics population estimates.
Linked to Department of Health Our Healthier Nation target: To reduce the rate of serious injury from accidents for all ages by at least 10 per cent by 2010 (baseline for target is 1995/96).
Further Information:
For more information on the prevention of childhood injury:
www.dh.gov.uk/assesRoot/04/07/22/15/04072215.pdf
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=502597
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=504653