Elisa Hidalgo-Solórzano1, Ricardo Pérez-Núñez1, Francisco R Mojarro2, Juan Daniel Vera-López3, Martha Híjar4. 1. Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. 2. Cruz Roja Mexicana, Delegación Querétaro. Querétaro, México. 3. Escuela de Salud Pública de México, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. 4. Centro de Estudios de la Complejidad, El Colegio de Morelos. Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of non-fatal uninten-tional injuries in Mexican population and to analyze individual, environmental and household factors associated with its occurrence. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study, analyzed the prevalence of unintentional injuries from Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (Ensanut 2018-19), which is a nationally representative health survey designed with a probability, stratified and cluster sampling, in three stages. Association with variables of interest was explored using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Prevalence of non-fatal unintentional injuries was 4.5% (IC95%: 4.2-4.7), equivalent to 5.6 million people per year. Of them, 22.3% or 1.2 million suffered permanent consequences. Probability of having unintentional injuries was higher in the North and Center regions, as in Mexico City-State of Mexico; in males from 0 to 59 and females of 60 or more years of age, in people living with disabilities and those who self-reported depres-sion symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Strengthening unintentional injury prevention is necessary and urgent, especially within vulnerable groups of population.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of non-fatal uninten-tional injuries in Mexican population and to analyze individual, environmental and household factors associated with its occurrence. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study, analyzed the prevalence of unintentional injuries from Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (Ensanut 2018-19), which is a nationally representative health survey designed with a probability, stratified and cluster sampling, in three stages. Association with variables of interest was explored using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Prevalence of non-fatal unintentional injuries was 4.5% (IC95%: 4.2-4.7), equivalent to 5.6 million people per year. Of them, 22.3% or 1.2 million suffered permanent consequences. Probability of having unintentional injuries was higher in the North and Center regions, as in Mexico City-State of Mexico; in males from 0 to 59 and females of 60 or more years of age, in people living with disabilities and those who self-reported depres-sion symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Strengthening unintentional injury prevention is necessary and urgent, especially within vulnerable groups of population.
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Mexico; accidents; injury prevention; risk factors; vulnerable groups