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IJE Advance Access originally published online on November 7, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2007 36(1):208-211; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl240
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Time for a re-assessment of the incidence of intentional and unintentional injury in India and South East Asia

Michael Eddleston1,2,3,* and Flemming Konradsen1,4

1 South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (www.sactrc.org)
2 Scottish Poisons Information Bureau, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
3 Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
4 Department of International Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

* Corresponding author. Scottish Poisons Information Bureau, Royal Infirmary, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. E-mail: eddlestonm@eureka.lk

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In this issue of International Journal of Epidemiology, Gajalakshmi and Peto publish their results from a community study of deaths from injury in a rural district of Tamil Nadu, south India. The results reported are just one component of a large verbal autopsy study in which families were interviewed about the cause of death of 38 836 people. The study adds greatly to our knowledge of the epidemiology of injury in rural South Asia.

The authors found that 7167 (18.5%) of 38 836 deaths in Villupuram district (population 2.5 million) were due to injury—an incidence of 130/100 000 per year, with incidences in men and women of 160 and 98/100 000, respectively. Intentional self-harm was responsible for 3429 (47.8%) of these deaths—an incidence of 62/100 000 per year (men 71, female 53). The most common method was self-poisoning (nearly always with pesticides), responsible for 53% of deaths. Hanging caused . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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