Deck 15: Unintentional Injuries

Question 1

The best definition of an unintentional injury is:

A) An injury resulting from predetermined action
B) That subset of injuries for which there is no evidence of predetermined intent
C) An accident
D) An occupational injury

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The injury share of total deaths is least in which country income group/

A) Low-income
B) Lower middle-income
C)Upper middle-income
D) High-income

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which statement is false?

A) Low-income countries do not need to pay much attention to deaths from injuries. They have many other things to worry about
B) Low-income countries should pay attention to reducing the burden of deaths from injury, many of which are preventable
C) High-income countries must also pay attention to injury deaths, since they represent 6% or so of the total burden of deaths.
D) Low-income countries will enable better health of their people over the longer run in more cost-effective ways if they make priority investments now in Group I, Group II, and Group III causes

Answer 3

A

Question 4

For whom is road traffic injuries a more significant cause of death?

A) Males
B) Females
C) Males and females die at about the same rate from this cause

Question 5

As young children become adolescents and then young adults, what would you expect to happen to their rate of death from injuries?

A) It will go up
B) It will go down
C) It will stay the same
D) There is no consistent pattern between injury deaths and age as they grow older

Question 6

The true burden of injuries must take account of:

A) Morbidities associated with injury
B) Deaths associated with injury
C) Disability associated with injury
D) All of these are correct

Question 7

The most common injury death for adolescents and young adults is:

A) Fire
B) Drowning
C) Road traffic injuries
D) Falls

Question 8

Which group is most likely to suffer burns?

A) Older adults
B) Adolescents
C) Young children
D) Young adults

Question 9

The starting point for efforts to reduce drownings and falls is almost certainly:

A) Working with at risk individuals
B) Working with at risk families
C) Community-based education efforts
D) None of these are correct

Question 10

What is meant when we say that "many countries, especially lower-income countries, face a triple-burden of disease"?

A) That these countries face an important amount of zoonotic and noncommunicable disease
B) That these countries face a significant burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases and a significant burden of injury
C) That these countries face a significant burden of communicable, maternal, and neonatal conditions
D) That these countries face a significant burden of neonatal, maternal and child health concerns

Question 11

Injuries as a share of the total burden of deaths vary by region from:

A) 15 to 20% of total deaths
B) 20 to 25% of total deaths
C) 25 to 30% of total deaths
D) 6 to 15% of total deaths

Question 12

The region in which injuries are the highest share of total deaths is:

A) Sub-Saharan Africa
B) The Middle East and North Africa
C) South Asia
D) Latin America and the Caribbean

Question 13

In most country income groups, what is the leading cause of injury death?

A) Drownings
B) Poisonings
C) Road Traffic Injuries
D) Falls

Question 14

The one injury cause from which females die more than males in low- and lower middle-income countries is:

A) Drownings
B) Poisonings
C) Fire
D) Falls

Question 15

The region in which fire deaths are most common for females is:

A) Latin America and the Caribbean
B) East Asia and the Pacific
C) South Asia
D) Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 16

Pedestrians make up approximately what percentage of total road traffic accidents?

A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 15%
D) 50%

Question 17

The biggest risk factor for falls is:

A) Genetics
B) Age
C) Sex
D) There is no consistent pattern between any of the falls

Question 18

To reduce deaths from road traffic injuries, a government should promote:

A) Traffic calming efforts, such as roundabouts and speed bumps
B) Better engineering, better enforcement, safer cars
C) Graduated licensing, stricter enforcement of drunk driving laws
D) All of these are correct

Question 19

A realistic and cost-effective starting point for emergency services in low-income countries could be:

A) Emergency transport
B) Major expansion of emergency rooms in hospitals
C) Training more trauma surgeons
D) Creating more Level I hospitals

Question 20

The most cost-effective approach to reducing injury and deaths from motorcycles is to:

A) Take a community-based approach to requiring and enforcing the use of helmets when riding a motorcycle
B) Require better emergency services at hospitals
C) Mandate that motorcycles should themselves be safer
D) Increase traffic enforcement