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Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020

BACKGROUND: This study provides an analysis of contemporary trends and demographics of patients treated for injuries from nonmotorized scooters in emergency departments in New York state excluding New York City (NYS) and New York City (NYC). METHODS: The study tracks the incidence of nonmotorized sc...

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Autor principal: Tuckel, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14302-6
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description BACKGROUND: This study provides an analysis of contemporary trends and demographics of patients treated for injuries from nonmotorized scooters in emergency departments in New York state excluding New York City (NYS) and New York City (NYC). METHODS: The study tracks the incidence of nonmotorized scooter injuries in NYS and NYC from 2005 to 2020 and furnishes a detailed profile of the injured patients using patient-level records from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS). A negative binomial regression analysis is performed on the SPARCS data to measure the simultaneous effects of demographic variables on scooter injuries for NYS and NYC. The study also examines the demographic correlates of the rate of injuries at the neighborhood level in NYC. A thematically shaded map of the injury rates in New York City neighborhoods is created to locate neighborhoods with greater concentrations of injuries and to identify the reasons which might account for their higher rate of injuries, such as street infrastructure. RESULTS: In NYS and NYC injuries from unpowered scooters underwent an overall decline in the past decade. However, both NYS and NYC are now evidencing an increase in their rates. The upswing in the rate in NYC in 2020 is particularly noticeable. Males and children in the age group 5 to 9 were found to be most susceptible to injury. Injuries were more prevalent in more affluent New York City neighborhoods. A map of the injury rates in the City’s neighborhoods revealed a clustering of neighborhoods with higher than average injury rates. CONCLUSIONS: Injuries from nonmotorized scooters number approximately 40,000 annually in the US and can be prevented by greater use of protective equipment. Street infrastructure is a critical factor contributing to injuries from the use of nonmotorized scooters. Thematically shaded maps can be used to identify and target areas for purposes of intervention.
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spelling pubmed-96126012022-10-28 Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020 Tuckel, Peter BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: This study provides an analysis of contemporary trends and demographics of patients treated for injuries from nonmotorized scooters in emergency departments in New York state excluding New York City (NYS) and New York City (NYC). METHODS: The study tracks the incidence of nonmotorized scooter injuries in NYS and NYC from 2005 to 2020 and furnishes a detailed profile of the injured patients using patient-level records from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS). A negative binomial regression analysis is performed on the SPARCS data to measure the simultaneous effects of demographic variables on scooter injuries for NYS and NYC. The study also examines the demographic correlates of the rate of injuries at the neighborhood level in NYC. A thematically shaded map of the injury rates in New York City neighborhoods is created to locate neighborhoods with greater concentrations of injuries and to identify the reasons which might account for their higher rate of injuries, such as street infrastructure. RESULTS: In NYS and NYC injuries from unpowered scooters underwent an overall decline in the past decade. However, both NYS and NYC are now evidencing an increase in their rates. The upswing in the rate in NYC in 2020 is particularly noticeable. Males and children in the age group 5 to 9 were found to be most susceptible to injury. Injuries were more prevalent in more affluent New York City neighborhoods. A map of the injury rates in the City’s neighborhoods revealed a clustering of neighborhoods with higher than average injury rates. CONCLUSIONS: Injuries from nonmotorized scooters number approximately 40,000 annually in the US and can be prevented by greater use of protective equipment. Street infrastructure is a critical factor contributing to injuries from the use of nonmotorized scooters. Thematically shaded maps can be used to identify and target areas for purposes of intervention. BioMed Central 2022-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9612601/ /pubmed/36303131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14302-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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title Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020
title_full Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020
title_fullStr Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020
title_full_unstemmed Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020
title_short Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020
title_sort incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in new york state and new york city, 2005–2020
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14302-6
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