MORBIDITY TRENDS OF UNINTENTIONAL POISONINGS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN KLAIPEDA COUNTY (LITHUANIA)

Volume 27, Number 5 (2017)

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Sigitas Griškonis Abstract Unintentional poisonings in children, teenagers, andyoung people result in significant mortality and morbidityglobally. The aim of the study was to estimatemorbidity trends due to unintentional poisonings inchildren and young people with focus on unintentionalpoisonings from medicines, alcohol, and illicitdrugs in Klaipeda County (Lithuania).The data (over 2003-2015) were obtained from theHealth…

Changes In Mortality Trends Of Road Traffic Injuries In Lithuania Over 1971-2014

Volume 26, Number 6 (2016)

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Robert Bauer, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė, Sigutė Norkiene Abstract The goal of this study was to analyze the changes in mortality trends of road traffic injuries for the whole population in transitional Lithuania over 1971 to 2014. Special attention was paid to the potential effect of the activities at macro and micro-level, and the socio-economic…

Pedestrian Mortality Trends In Children Over Four Decades In Transitional Lithuania

Volume 26, Number 5 (2016)

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Robert Bauer, Sigitas Griškonis, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė Abstract The aim of the study was to examine the long-term trends in pedestrian mortality for children (aged 0 to 14 years) and young people (aged 15 to 19 years) over four decades in transitional Lithuania. Methods. Road traffic fatality data were obtained from Statistics Lithuania and…