What injuries are we talking about Injuries can be intentional meaning selfinflicted or inflicted by another person or unintentional what we have traditionally labelled accidents ID: 530385
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The British Columbia Casebook for Injury PreventionSlide2
What injuries are we talking about?
Injuries can be intentional meaning self-inflicted or inflicted by another person, or unintentional
, what we have traditionally labelled “accidents”.Slide3
Why focus on injuries?
Every day, approx. 1,300 people in BC are injured. Of these, 5 die – each and every day.In addition, 23 people per day suffer a permanent disability in BC.Slide4
Injury is robbing our communities of young people.
Injury is the 4th leading cause of death for all ages, but the leading cause of death for ages 1-44 years.
In one year, injuries accounted for 24,807 preventable years of life lost among British Columbians ages 1-44 years.Slide5
Injury costs British Columbia $3.7 billion per year.
$3.7 billion is the equivalent of $422
, 479 per hour24 hours a day7 days a week
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ach year Slide6
Investment in injury prevention pays big dividends.
Investing in prevention provides an opportunity for positive change – saving lives, reducing disabilities and saving health care resources.Slide7
We need to understand local data in order to determine local prevention needs and priorities.
It is critical to develop an understanding of the groups that are most affected by specific causes of injury in order to inform where to focus injury prevention efforts. Slide8
Decision makers have the challenge of addressing multiple priorities.
Injury is not an isolated problem. Injury is associated with many of the same determinants that lead to chronic diseases, communicable diseases, mental illness, substance abuse, and is part of a complex puzzle within public health.Slide9
Identified injury prevention priorities for British Columbia are represented in the case studies.
Injury prevention stakeholders, especially within the health authorities, are encouraged to review all of the case studies included in the Casebook.
These are great examples of what is working in BC to prevent injury.Slide10
The good news is that injury rates in general are decreasing in British Columbia.
It is time to work together to implement evidence-based solutions that prevent injuries so that British Columbians can live long lives to the fullest. Slide11
The British Columbia Casebook for Injury Prevention