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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:
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Injury Related Organizational Partners
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
- State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA)
- American Public Health Association Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section (ICEHS)
- National Safety Council
- Home Safety Council
- International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention
Injury Researcher Organizations
- American Association of Suicidology
- American Burn Association
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
- American Public Health Association - ICEHS
- Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
- Cochrane Injuries Group
- Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)
- International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (IAFT)
- International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics
- International Council on Alcohol, Drugs & Traffic Safety (ICADTS)
- International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (ISCAIP)
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- International Ergonomics Association (Slips, Trips and Falls Committee)
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- Helfer Society (prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of child abuse and neglect)
- Conference on Innovations in Trauma Research Methods
Injury Educational, Advocacy Organizations and Foundations
- AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- American Trauma Society
- Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, Inc. (ACTS)
- Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
- Brain Injury Association of America
- Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
- Crash Survivor Network
- Family Violence Prevention Fund
- Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care & Cure
- International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- Motor Vehicle Hazard Archives Project
- National Brain Injury Research, Treatment and Training Foundation
- National Fire Protection Association, Public Education, Research sections
- National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
- National Safety Council
- National Spinal Cord Injury Association
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Prevent Child Abuse America
- Safe Communities Foundation (SCF) Canada
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- SafetyBeltSafe USA
- SmartRisk (Canada)
- STOP IT NOW!
- Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA)
- ThinkFirst
Injury Related Professional Organizations (not linked)
- AcademyHealth
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
- American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
- American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC)
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
- American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
- American Society of Internal Medicine
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
- Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM)
- Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) Injury Prevention and Control
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
- Canadian Public Health Association
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
- Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
- Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE)
- Eastern Association of the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
- Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Environmental Design Research Association
- Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society
- Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- International Code Council
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Injury Prevention
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
- National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
- National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)
- National Association of State EMS Directors (NASEMSD)
- National Institute of Building Sciences (Public Interest Sector)
- Public Health Law Association
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
- Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
- Society of Trauma Nurses
- System Safety Society
- Western Association for the Surgery of Trauma (WEST)
Some images used on on this web site were obtained with permission from third parties. We gratefully acknowledge the generousity of the following organizations or individuals:
- Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research
- We the Women
- Childhood Agricultural Safety Network
- World Health Organization
- Charles Branas
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