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Board of Directors
Stephen Marshall
Steve Marshall, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Orthopedics and an adjunct appointment in Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a core faculty member for the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center. Dr. Marshall’s main area of research focus is injury epidemiology. His current research is largely focused on injuries from sports...
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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
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For older adults 65-74 years and 75 years and over, hospital discharge rates in 2004-2005 for injury among women were 1.4-1.7 times the rates for men. 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

Age Disparity

Young persons 15-24 years of age had the highest initial emergency department visit rate for injury in 2004-2005, 1,484.8 visits per 10,000 population – more than twice the rate for adults 65-74 years of age, who had the lowest rate, 653.9 visits per 10,000 population. 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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