EU Injury Database EU IDB

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EU Injury Database (EU IDB)
Prevention oriented injury surveillance
example hand injuries Robert Bauer Autrian Road
Safety Board (KfV) Hand in Prevention 1st
EUROPEAN HAND INJURY PREVENTION CONGRESS 25-27
June 2009, Bursa , TURKEY
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Preview

• What is the EU IDB?
• EU IDB analysis of hand injuries scope
  external causes
• IDB pilot in Antalya, Turkey
• Eurosafe data services
• WHO and EU cooperation request

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What is the EU IDB?
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IDB-survey on external causes

• Age gender
• Place of residence
• Date of injury
• Date of treatment
• Diagnoses
• Location of injury
• Assignment to further treatment

• Injury mechanism
• Place of occurrence
• Activity when injured
• Type of sports when sport
• Triggering product
• Injury causing product
• Details to road accident
• Details to acts of violence
• Details to acts of self-harm
• Verbal description of incidence
• National add-ons e.g. use of personal protective
  equipment

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IDB-survey on external causes

• Complementary to existing information sources
• Complementary even in the field of road transport
  injuries (e.g. bicyclists, pedestrians) and
  workplace accidents (e.g. comparability)
• Unique source of information, for targeted
  interventions (e.g. products, activities,
  settings) and for monitoring the effect of
  targeted interventions
• Filling the gap of information about the most
  vulnerable groups (e.g. injuries of children,
  persons with disabilities, senior citizens)
• Inexpensive due to sampling method

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Who needs IDB-like injury information?
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The Challenge

• 250.000 fatalities due to injury in EU27 every
  year.
• Fourth leading cause of death after
  cardiovascular disease, cancer and respiratory
  disease
• Killer Number one in young ages
• Main cause of lifelong impairment
• About 10 Percent of all health costs
• Huge differences in injury risk demonstrate
  preventability.
• High savings in few years possible

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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries type of
injuries
EU IDB 2006, 2007 N404000
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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries scope
estimation

• 21 hand injuries (wirst, hand, fingers)
• ? 8,8 million cases in the EU27
• ? 18 per 1000 populationaverage EU27 incidence
  rate
• Data source
• Injury Database EU Commission / DG SANCO 2006
  2007. EU IDB on hospital treated injuries in
  selected EU countries (EU27 IDB estimate 41,2
  million injuries).

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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries treatment /
severity
EU IDB 2006, 2007 N86265
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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries activities
EU IDB 2006, 2007 N86265
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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries place of
occurrence
EU IDB 2006, 2007 N86265
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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries involved
products
EU IDB 2006, 2007 N86265
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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries Top 12
products Children (lt 14 years)
EU IDB 2006, 2007 N86265
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EU IDB analysis of hand injuries Top 12
products Adults (25-59 years)
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IDB Pilot Antalya, Turkey
IDB Coordinator Doç. Dr. Hakan Yaman Akdeniz
University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Family Medicine
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IDB Pilot Antalya, Turkey
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IDB Pilot Antalya, Turkey
Pilot data 27.03.2008 01.07.2008 (3 months
total)
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IDB Pilot Antalya, Turkey
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IDB analysis of hand injuries activities
compared
EU IDB 2006, 2007 N404000 IDB Turkey 2008
N2977
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Eurosafe data servicesat http//www.eurosafe.eu
.com

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Injury Data Services How to use it?

• If you are in need of injury information please
• fill in the Injury Data Request Form at
  http//www.eurosafe.eu.com injury data
• submit your query Query through the Injury Data
  Request Form to injurydata_at_kfv.at

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EU / WHO Cooperation request in national injury
surveillance

• WHO Resolution EUR/RC55/R9 on the prevention of
  injuries in the European region
• EU Council Recommendation regarding surveillance

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WHO-Resolution

• Recognize the importance of the role of the
  health sector put injury prevention higher on
  the health agenda
• Establish efficient injury surveillance systems
  for guiding and monitoring prevention
• Strengthen the technical, institutional and
  personal capacities for injury prevention
• Develop inter-departmental national action plans
  according to national priorities
• Promote research on effective measures

Resolution EUR/RC55/R9 on the prevention of
injuries in the European region of September 2005
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EU Council Recommendation regarding surveillance

• Make better use of existing data!
• Develop representative injury surveillance
  mechanisms, where appropriate!
• Obtain comparable information!
• Monitor changes and assess the needs for safety
  initiatives on products and other areas!

• Council Recommendation on the prevention of
  injury and the promotion of safety of May 31,
  2007 (CELEX-Nr. 32007H0718)

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More information

• EU IDB
• Robert Bauer
• Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV)
• Mail robert.bauer_at_kfv.at
• IDB Pilot Antalya, Turkey
• Hakan Yaman
• Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine,
  Department of Family Medicine
• Mail hakanyaman_at_akdeniz.edu.tr

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