Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001-2006 Sikic, Mirjana, Mikocka-Walus, Antonina A., Gabbe, Belinda J., McDermott, Francis T. and Cameron, Peter A. 2009, Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001-2006, Medical journal of Australia, vol. 190, no. 7, pp. 353-356. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mikockawalus-bicyclinginjuries-2009.pdf Published version application/pdf 305.63KB 2 Title Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001-2006 Author(s) Sikic, Mirjana Mikocka-Walus, Antonina A. orcid.org/0000-0003-4864-3956 Gabbe, Belinda J. McDermott, Francis T. Cameron, Peter A. Journal name Medical journal of Australia Volume number 190 Issue number 7 Start page 353 End page 356 Total pages 4 Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing Company Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W. Publication date 2009-04-06 ISSN 0025-729X Keyword(s) Accidents, Traffic Adolescent Adult Aged Bicycling Female Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Registries Retrospective Studies Victoria Wounds and Injuries Young Adult Summary OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of bicycling injuries and bicycle injury characteristics in the Victorian population. DESIGN: Review of prospectively collected data. SETTING: Bicycling injury data were extracted from four datasets for the period July 2001 to June 2006: (i) emergency department (ED) presentations from the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset; (ii) hospital admissions from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Data Set; (iii) major trauma cases from the Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR); and (iv) deaths from the National Coroners Information System. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The profile and incidence of bicycling injuries across the datasets and years. RESULTS: In the 5 years, 25 920 bicycle-related ED presentations were recorded, 10 552 bicyclists were admitted to hospital, 298 bicycling injuries were classified as major trauma (VSTR), and there were 47 bicycling fatalities. From 2001 to 2006, the incidence of bicycle-related ED presentations (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.42; 95% CI, 1.37-1.48), hospital admissions (IRR = 1.16; 95% CI, 1.09-1.23) and major trauma (IRR = 1.76; 95% CI, 1.22-2.55) increased significantly. Most of those injured were males, aged < 35 years, with road-related injuries. Patients classified as having major trauma had a significantly higher incidence of trunk and head/face/neck injuries compared with those presenting to an ED or admitted to hospital. CONCLUSION: The incidence of serious bicycling injury has risen over recent years, highlighting the need for targeted prevention programs. Accurate data on cycling participation, use of injury prevention strategies, and injury profiles would assist in reducing bicycle-related injury. Language eng Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology 111716 Preventive Medicine 1117 Public Health And Health Services 1103 Clinical Sciences Socio Economic Objective 920412 Preventive Medicine HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2009, Medical Journal of Australia Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30090881 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 30 Jan 2017, 13:14:18 EST Tue, 31 Jan 2017, 04:00:57 EST Tue, 31 Jan 2017, 05:05:14 EST Mon, 13 Feb 2017, 09:39:21 EST Mon, 13 Feb 2017, 09:53:26 EST Mon, 13 Feb 2017, 09:55:40 EST Wed, 14 Jun 2017, 11:23:36 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 43 times in TR Web of Science Cited 48 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 101 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 30 Jan 2017, 13:14:18 EST

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