Avoidable Injuries
- The East Midlands has the worst standardised death rate from accidents in the UK. (East Midlands Health Profile 2003)
- Over half the local authority areas in the East Midlands have statistically significant higher rates of death from accidents than the rest of England.
- Districts and borough figures in Nottinghamshire are all higher than the national average for deaths caused by accidents.
- Priorities for action identified by the Accidental Injury Task Force were children, young adults and older people.
- Over 50 per cent of all hospital admissions for Over 60s in Nottinghamshire are as a result of falls.
Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, together with Government Office for the East Midlands (GOEM), have established an Avoidable Injury Partnership.
The partnership aims are to highlight avoidable injuries and to work with partners on addressing this issue.
Avoidable Injury Partnership
2nd Floor
Central Fire Station
Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FB
Tel: 0115 950 7603
Useful websites for further information:
East Midlands Avoidable Injury Group
www.emphasisnetwork.org.uk/emphasison/avoidinjury.htm
East Midlands Public Health Observatory (EMPHO)
www.empho.org.uk
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
www.notts-fire.gov.uk
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