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Socio-demographic risk factors for home-type injuries in Swedish infants and toddlers

A Hjern1, G Ringbäck-Weitoft, R Andersson

  • 1Department of Clinical Sciences, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. anders.hjern@sos.se

Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
|March 3, 2001
PubMed

Insights

Home injuries in children aged 0-3 in Sweden are more common in families with young mothers or those receiving social welfare. Specific injury types, like poisoning and scalds, are linked to age, informing targeted parental counseling.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric injury prevention
  • Public health
  • Socio-demographic risk factors

Background:

  • Home injuries are a significant cause of hospital admissions in young children.
  • Understanding socio-demographic patterns can help identify at-risk populations.
  • Swedish national registers provide a robust data source for epidemiological studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the socio-demographic patterns of home-related injuries in children aged 0-3 years in Sweden.
  • To identify specific injury mechanisms (poisoning, falls, scalding, foreign object ingestion) and their age-specific peaks.
  • To analyze the association between socio-demographic factors and the risk of these injuries.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from Swedish national registers for a study population of 546,336 children born between 1987-1991.
  • Employed multivariate analysis to assess the relationship between socio-demographic variables and hospital admissions for home injuries.
  • Examined injury mechanisms including poisoning, falls, scalding, and ingestion/intrusion of foreign objects.

Main Results:

  • Injury mechanisms showed age-specific peaks: foreign object ingestion (10-12 mo), scalds (13-15 mo), non-drug poisoning (16-18 mo), and drug poisoning (24-30 mo).
  • Children of young mothers (<24 years) had higher risks for falls and poisonings.
  • Children in families receiving social welfare benefits had increased risks for falls, drug poisoning, non-drug poisoning, and scald injuries.
  • Children of mothers born in non-western countries had a higher risk of scald injuries but lower risks of fall injuries and non-drug poisoning.

Conclusions:

  • Infants and toddlers in families with young mothers and those on social welfare are at heightened risk for home injuries in Sweden.
  • Age-specific risks for poisoning, scalding, and foreign object ingestion highlight opportunities for timely parental counseling.
  • Socio-demographic factors play a crucial role in the epidemiology of home injuries among young children.
Abstract

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