Hospital Admissions for Child Injuries per 10,000 Population

A dataset from the Government Digital Service on hospital admissions for unintentional and deliberate injuries in children aged 0-14 years. The data is normalized per 10,000 resident population and is available in CSV format under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in pediatric injury hospitalization rates based on the per-capita normalization.
• Compare rates of unintentional versus deliberate injuries in children based on the described categories.
• Assess public health interventions by analyzing changes in admission rates over time.
• Inform resource allocation for child safety programs based on injury admission data.

Strengths

• Data is normalized per 10,000 resident population, enabling demographic comparisons.
• Focuses on a specific, vulnerable age group (0-14 years).
• Distinguishes between unintentional and deliberate injury causes.

Limitations

• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national or regional hospital admission records.

Time Range

null

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers the United Kingdom or European regions, inferred from the 'eu_open_data' platform.