TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Epidemiology A1 - Brasel, Karen J. A2 - Moore, Ernest E. A2 - Feliciano, David V. A2 - Mattox, Kenneth L. PY - 2017 T2 - Trauma, 8e AB - Injury is not an “accident” but rather a disease, much like malaria, tuberculosis and other public health problems, or cancer and heart disease. Injury, like other diseases, has variants such as blunt or penetrating. It has degrees of severity, rates of incidence, prevalence, and mortality that can differ by race and other sociodemographic factors. Injuries have a predictable pattern of occurrence related to age, sex, alcohol and other drugs, and again, sociodemographic factors, among others. They also have a predictable prognosis, based on age, sociodemographic factors, as well as injury severity. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/07 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141184956 ER -