In this report, an overview is given of the safety of a number of sectors/social activities in the Netherlands: traffic, domestic, industry, and sport. In order to compare the sectors, agreements have been made about the indicators to be used: accidents, mortality, morbidity, and risk; and the subdivisions to be used: injury severity, age, and sex. Agreement was also reached concerning the (data) sources to be used and the periods to be described. Using existing registrations, the numbers were established of fatalities, in-patients, Accident and Emergency (A&E) department patients, and those treated by their doctors (GPs). As far as possible, the data covered the 1994-1996 period, and the developments since 1986. Apart from absolute numbers, the numbers were also related to the population size of that group. The quality of the registrations used is also discussed. The safety in each of the sectors separately is then discussed in more detail. Where suitable data was available, the ratios were calculated (death rates, in-patient rates, and A&E rates) and the injury costs. (A)
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