Unintentional Injuries

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 1. Investing in Health
   1. Acknowledgments
   2. Annex 1.A: The Burden of Disease in 2001
   3. Noncommunicable Disease and Injury
   4. Research and Development
   5. The 20th Century Takeoff in Human Health
   6. Why Has Mortality Declined at Such Different Rates in Different Countries?
2. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
3. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
4. 27. Newborn Survival
   1. Conclusions
   2. Implementation
   3. Interventions
5. 39. Unintentional Injuries
   1. Acknowledgments
   2. Burden and Causes of Unintentional Injuries
   3. Conclusions: Promises and Pitfalls
   4. Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits of Intervention
   5. Implementation of Prevention and Control Strategies
   6. Interventions
   7. Research and Development Agenda
6. 42. Indoor Air Pollution
7. 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
8. 47. Alcohol
   1. Burden of Disease Related to High-Risk Alcohol Use
   2. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
   3. Economic Benefits of Interventions
   4. Epidemiology of Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Disease Conditions
   5. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
   6. Interventions for Reducing High-Risk Drinking
9. 48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
   1. Conclusions: Promises and Pitfalls
   2. Contribution of Opioid Dependence to the Global Burden of Disease
   3. Interventions for Illicit Opioid Dependence
   4. Nature, Causes, and Health Consequences of Illicit Opioid Use
10. 51. Cost–Effectiveness of Interventions for Musculoskeletal Conditions
    1. Burden of Musculoskeletal Disease
    2. Economic Issues
    3. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
    4. Nature, Causes, and Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Conditions
    5. Treatments
11. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
    1. Analysis and Dissemination of Surveillance Data
    2. Definitions and Basic Concepts
    3. Future of Surveillance
    4. Research Agenda in Public Health Surveillance
    5. Surveillance for Specific Conditions
12. 60. Occupational Health
    1. Conclusions
    2. Economic Aspects of Intervention
    3. Global Burden of Disease from Occupational Health Risks
    4. Implementation
    5. Interventions
    6. Research Agenda
13. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
    1. Disasters as a Public Health Condition
    2. Intervention Cost, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits
    3. Interventions: From Response to Prevention
14. 67. Surgery
    1. Conclusions
    2. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    3. Interventions
    4. Nature, Causes, and Burden of Surgical Conditions
    5. Research and Development Agenda
15. 68. Emergency Medical Services
    1. Burden of Disease
    2. Definitions
    3. Interventions for Emergency Care: Systems, Structures, and Organization

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 1. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, 1990—2001
   1. Applications of Burden of Disease Analysis
   2. Conclusions
   3. Improving the Comparative Quantification of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors: The 2001 GBD Study
2. 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Major Regions, 1990—2001
   1. Conclusions
3. 3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001
   1. Discussion and Conclusions
   2. Global Burden of Disease in 2001
   3. Quantifying the Global Burden of Disease
4. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors
   1. Burden of Disease Attributable to Risk Factors
5. 5. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses for Burden of Disease and Risk Factor Estimates
   1. Acknowledgments
   2. Conclusions
   3. Discounting and Age Weighting in the DALY Measure
   4. Discussion
   5. Sensitivity of Burden of Disease and Injury Results to Variations in Key Parameter Values
   6. Uncertainty Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Estimates
   7. Uncertainty Arising from Epidemiological Estimates
   8. Uncertainty Estimates for All-Cause Mortality and Life Expectancies
   9. Uncertainty Estimates for Regional Mortality by Cause
   10. Uncertainty in the Disease Burden Attributable to Risk Factors

Priorities in Health

1. 5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
   1. Alcohol Abuse
   2. Unintentional Injuries

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 02. Intervention Cost-Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages

1. Neglected Low-Cost Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Traffic Accidents, Surgical Services, and Emergency Care
2. Cost-effectiveness of Interventions for Traffic Accidents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Chapter 39. Unintentional Injuries

1. Interventions for Selected Unintentional Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
2. Deaths and DALYs Lost from Unintentional Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001
3. Risk Factors for Road Traffic Injuries
4. Estimated Cost-effectiveness of Interventions Enforcing Traffic Regulations
5. Deaths from Unintentional Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001
6. Estimated Cost-effectiveness of Installing Speed Bumps at Lethal Intersections