Injuries associated with snowmobiles, Alaska, 1993-1994.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Landen, Michael G. ; Middaugh, John ; Dannenberg, Andrew L.
• Description:
  To characterize the nature and burden of snowmobile injuries in Alaska by examining injury deaths and hospitalizations associated with snowmobiles and comparing these with injury deaths and hospitalizations associated with on-road motor vehicles.|The authors used vital statistics, medical examiner, Department of Public Safety, and Department of Transportation records to identify snowmobile injury deaths, and used vital statistics mortality files to identify on-road motor vehicle injury deaths. The Alaska Trauma Registry provided data on hospitalizations. The number of vehicles in use in 1993-1994 was estimated from snowmobile sales and on-road motor vehicle registrations.|For 1993-1994, injury death and hospitalization rates were greater for snowmobiles than for on-road motor vehicles. In northern Alaska, snowmobile injuries outnumbered on-road motor vehicle injuries. A total of 26 snowmobile injury deaths were reported; 7 decedents drowned after breaking through ice and 8 were ejected from vehicles. More than half (58%) of the snowmobile injury deaths involved a natural object such as a boulder, ravine, or river. Of the 17 decedents for whom blood alcohol concentrations were available, 11 (65%) had blood alcohol concentrations > or = 100 mg/dL.|Natural obstacles and alcohol intoxication contribute to the high risk of injury death associated with snowmobile use. Injury control strategies, including trail development and improvement, should be evaluated.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Alcoholic Intoxication Causality Cause Of Death Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Incidence Infant Male Middle Aged Off-Road Motor Vehicles Patient Admission Research Article Wounds And Injuries

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 114(1):48-52
• Pubmed ID:
  9925171
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska
• Volume:
  114
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5d8c0f533f3b32f1fb118cff06f9378e5f6161840efa5506ae03deed0fe17cfe
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/64738/cdc_64738_DS1.pdf
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