Concussion in children and youth

Child Health BC is a network of BC health authorities, BC government ministries, health professionals, and provincial partners dedicated to improve the health status and health outcomes of BC’s children and youth by working collaboratively to build an integrated and accessible system of health services. [...] The age-specific rates were calculated by base (DAD) obtained from the BC Ministry of dividing the number of cases in each age group Health was used to provide information on by the population of that specific age group concussion hospitalizations for the fiscal years within Northern Health. [...] Among all age groups, Rates of concussion hospitalizations were 15 to 19 year olds had the highest rate of highest in Burns Lake (62.1/100,000) and lowest concussion with a majority comprising of in Prince George (26.4/100,000). [...] The highest concussion hospitalization highest rates were seen in Nechako rates among children aged 10 to 14 years were (37.2/100,000) and the lowest rates of in Nechako and Quesnel (60.9/100,000 and concussion hospitalizations were found in Burns 65.6/100,000, respectively) (Figure 26). [...] The majority of these hospitalizations were due An analysis of the emergency department visit to the involvement of motor vehicle occupants, data from the University Hospital of Northern BC pedal cyclists and off-road vehicles.