Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Methods

    2.1 Coding of Injury
    2.2 Data Sources
    2.2.1 Hospitalisations
    2.2.2 Deaths
    2.2.3 Population Data
    2.3 Analysis

3. Results

    3.1 Bicycle Injury Hospitalisations
    3.1.1 Bicycle Injury Hospitalisations by Age
    3.1.2 Bicycle Injury Hospitalisations by Age and Sex
    3.1.3 Bicycle Injury Hospitalisations by Place of Residence
    3.1.4 Days Spent in Hospital Due to Bicycle Injuries
    3.1.5 Bicycle Injury Hospitalisations by Crash Type
    3.1.6 Nature of Injury
    3.1.7 Length of Stay by Nature of Injury
    3.1.8 Nature of Bicycle Injuries by Crash Type
    3.1.9 Bicycle Injury Hospitalisations by Nature of Head Injury
    3.1.10 Bicycle Head Injuries by Crash Type
    3.2 Bicycle Injury Deaths
    3.2.1 Bicycle Injury Deaths by Age
    3.2.2 Bicycle Injury Deaths by Place of Residence
    3.2.3 Bicycle Injury Deaths by Crash Type

4. Conclusion

References

Appendix

Table A1: Number and age-standardised rates of hospital admissions for injuries sustained in bicycle and vehicle crashes and for all injuries
Table A2: Bicycle crashes by age, sex and year
Table A3: Bicycle crashes by place of residence, age and year
Table A4: Number of hospitalisations for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by length of stay (days)
Table A5: Total bed days by age, sex and year for hospitalisations involving injuries sustained in bicycle crashes
Table A6: Bicycle injury hospitalisations by crash type, age and year
Table A7: Number of hospitalisations for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A8: Number of persons 4 years and younger hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A9: Number of persons aged 5 to 12 years hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A10: Number of persons aged 13 to 17 years hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A11: Number of persons aged 18 to 24 years hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A12: Number of persons aged 25 to 34 years hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A13: Number of persons aged 35 years and older hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A14: Number of bed days for hospitalisations involving injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Table A15: Type of bicycle crash by nature of injury requiring hospitalisation
Table A16: Type of bicycle crash by nature of head injury requiring hospitalisation
Table A17: Number of bed days by nature of head injury requiring hospitalisation
Table A18: Deaths and age-standardised death rates for injuries sustained in bicycle and vehicle crashes and for all injuries
Table A19: Number of deaths from injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by age
Table A20: Classification of E codes into associated cause of injury
Table A21: Classification of E codes into bicycle crash types
Table A22: Classification of major diagnosis codes (ICD9, ICD9-CM) into injury categories
Table A23: Classification of major diagnosis codes (ICD9, ICD9-CM) into head injury categories

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