摘要：Objective. The purpose of this investigation is to estimate the incidence rates of upperextremity injuries and to give an overview of the most frequent diagnoses.Materials and methods. Two population databases were queried for all injuries in theupper extremities, the SINIACA-IDB (S-IDB: Emergency Department Injury Databasein Italy) and the Hospital Discharge Register (HDR). The diagnoses codes of hand traumawere selected from both databases in order to estimate the national incidence rate.Results. According to the S-IDB data of year 2011, total 1 479 510 ED attendances peryear in Italy were estimated with an upper extremity injury (incidence rate: 2491 per 100000 persons/year). About 880 816 Emergency Department (ED) attendances per yearare due to hand injuries, while over 653 336 attendances per year concern arm injuries.The incidence rates are 1483 and 1100 per 100 000 person/year respectively. About 201940 hospitalizations are observed in the HDR because of upper extremity injuries (incidencerate: 340 per 100 000 persons/year). Males have higher incidence rate (387 vs280 per 100 000 persons per year). The trend in the incidence rates for the age group ofinpatients shows two peaks: at age 12 (400 cases per 100 000 persons/year), and in theolder age groups (700 cases per 100 000 persons/year).
关键词：arm injuries; upper extremity; epidemiology; incidence; population surveillance
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