Birutė Strukčinskienė, Dalija Stasiuvienė, Diana Šopagienė Abstract External causes of deaths are one of the main public health problems globally. Nowadays poisonings are among the leading causes of external causes, along with traffic injury, suicide, drowning, falls, and fire/burn. In Lithuania, injuries are the third leading cause of death for the last several years. There…
Birutė Strukčinskienė Abstract The goal of the study was to analyze road traffic injury deaths in children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 years in Lithuanian over 1998- 2007 by road users. Trends were estimated by the use of linear regression. The coefficient of determination (R Square) was used. The significance level p ≤0.05 was…
Birutė Strukčinskienė Abstract The survey on physical activity in schoolchildren was accomplished in Lithuania. In the survey participated 1178 schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years. Chi-square test was used and the significance level p ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. The study revealed that 38 % of schoolchildren during leisure time are walking outside more…
