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Here is an example of the magnitude of a public health problem, in this instance global injury disaggregated by intent and external cause. A useful distinction that we can make in injury epidemiology is between the nature of injury, such as laceration, fracture, or contusion, and the external cause of injury, such as homicide or unintentional fall. Knowing the nature of injury is essential to successful treatment, while knowing the external cause is essential to successful prevention. To learn more about injury, download my online text from the Population Reference Bureau called Injury and Violence: A Public Health Perspective: http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=
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Source: Ian R.H. Rockett. Injury and Violence: A Public Health Perspective. Population Bulletin 53(4); 1998: 4.