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Board of Directors
Frederick Rivara
Frederick Rivara, MD, MPH     Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, is the holder of the Children's Guild Association Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics and adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. He is chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine. Dr. Rivara earned a bachelor's...
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Centers
Mt. Sinai Injury Control Research Center
  Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City is the newest CDC Injury Control Research Center. They will conduct research on persons with traumatic brain injury to better understand the consequences of their injury and needs and to enhance the quality of their lives.   Four research studies will be implemented: (1) A randomized...
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Facts
Gender Disparity

In 2004-2005, men had higher injury hospital discharge rates than women did for all age groups up to 65 years of age and over. The disparity was most pronounced for young people 15-24 years of age, with the rate for young men 2.1 times that for young women. Source: CDC/NCHS, Bergen G,Chen LH, Warner M, Fingerhut LA. Injury in the United States: 2007. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008

Unintentional

At every age the majority of injury deaths are unintentional. For persons 28 years and over, suicide rates consistently exceed homicide rates. Source: CDC/NCHS, Bergen G,Chen LH, Warner M, Fingerhut LA. Injury in the United States: 2007. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008


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From SAVIR in Injury Prevention

Shannon Frattaroli, Nathan Yee, Keshia M. Pollack, et al.
December 2009 Issue

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October 2009 Issue

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Child Injury around the World: a Global Research Agenda for Child Injury Prevention
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