Stabbing: data support public perception

To give a measure of changing incidence over a longer time of a greater range of severity of injury, we also performed an audit of all cases coded as "stabbing" on the patient administration system during the 10 year period from July 1997 to June 2006 (figure).

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Published inBMJ Vol. 333; no. 7569; p. 652
Main Authors König, Tom, Knowles, Charles H, West, Alison, Wilson, Alastair, Cross, Frank
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 23.09.2006
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Subjects
Crime - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Injuries
Letters
Perception
Physical trauma
Public Opinion
Stabbings
Trauma surgery
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Wounds, Stab - prevention & control
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Summary:To give a measure of changing incidence over a longer time of a greater range of severity of injury, we also performed an audit of all cases coded as "stabbing" on the patient administration system during the 10 year period from July 1997 to June 2006 (figure).
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Competing interests: None declared.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.333.7569.652