Injury Analyses in Rural Children: Comparison of Old-Order Anabaptists and Non-Anabaptists

BACKGROUND: Southwestern Ontario largely comprises rural farming districts and is home to numerous Old-Order Anabaptist settlements. Our objective was to describe the injuries sustained by rural children, both Old-Order Anabaptist and non-Anabaptist, to better target injury prevention programs. METHODS: We retrospectively examined injury data of rural children in Southwestern Ontario with injury severity scores ≥ 12 obtained from hospital and …