Hospital Admissions for Youth Injuries per 10,000 Population

Hospital admissions data for unintentional and deliberate injuries among young people aged 15-24, normalized per 10,000 population. The dataset originates from the Government Digital Service via the EU Open Data platform and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0. The specific time range and geographic coverage are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in youth injury hospitalization rates based on the per-capita normalization.
• Compare rates of unintentional versus deliberate injuries based on the described categories.
• Model public health interventions targeting the 15-24 age group based on admission data.
• Benchmark regional or national youth injury admission rates against other datasets.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, high-impact demographic (ages 15-24).
• Data is normalized per 10,000 population, enabling standardized comparisons.
• Distinguishes between unintentional and deliberate injury causes.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit 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

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

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