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| Injuries can be caused by road crashes, poisoning, drowning, falls and fire, or can be caused by violence. Suicide, road traffic injuries and poisoning are the three leading causes accounting for nearly 50% of all deaths from violence and unintentional injury in the pan-European Region.
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The physical environment is an important determinant for road traffic injuries, a recognized epidemic at global and European level. In the WHO European Region, road traffic injuries kill about 127,000 every year and are the main cause of death for young people under 25 years.Injuries, and in particular road traffic injuries, have long been regarded as unavoidable 'accidents'. A better understanding has now changed this attitude, focusing the attention on the wide potential of prevention.
For further information about injuries see some reference websites at the bottom of this page.
The indicators below describe pressure, exposure, health effects and action for the disease under scrutiny, with indicators of health effects presented at the top. Indicator-based assessments cover all countries in the WHO European Region and provide information on the environment and health context, the policy relevance and context, as well as suggestions for further monitoring. When available, case studies of health impact assessment (HIA) are also presented.
These indicators contribute to monitoring the health effects of environmental exposures towards the achievement of four priorities goals for the pan-European Region (so called regional priority goals, RPGs) set by the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in 2004, and on which the 53 Member States of WHO/Europe have committed to take action.
For the definition and other details about each indicator, please read the metadata section within the assessment and read the information on indicator methodology.
The following WHO and EU websites offer further information about injuries.
- WHO/Europe, violence and injury prevention (http://www.euro.who.int/violenceinjury)
- WHO, injuries health topic (http://www.who.int/topics/injuries/en/)
- European Commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection, Injury prevention (EU prevention injury)
- European Commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection, Health status indicators (http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_information/dissemination/echi/echi_2_en.htm#18)
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Environmental Health indicators quantify information on population exposure, related health effects and specific policy actions. The ways environmental factors affect health and quality of life are analysed using data sets of primarily international available data and scientific evidence.
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Data used for the preparation of charts included in the assessment (fact sheet), in .xls format.
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Data for the indicator available in the ENHIS database.
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Case study or feasibility study on health impact assessment in (parts of) the WHO European Region.
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