RT Book, Section A1 Brasel, Karen J. A2 Moore, Ernest E. A2 Feliciano, David V. A2 Mattox, Kenneth L. SR Print(0) ID 1141184956 T1 Epidemiology T2 Trauma, 8e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071847292 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141184956 RD 2024/11/04 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.