Ted R. Miller, PhD, and Rebecca S. Spicer, MPH Objectives. The goal of this study was to provide national estimates of the frequency and cost of school injuries. Six years of National Health Interview Survey data were used to estimate nonfatal injury incidence rates, multiple sources were used to estimate fatalities, and national highway crash data were used to estimate school bus injury incidence.
Nonfatal injury is a problem in schools.
The concentration of injury at secondary schools suggests that interventions there may be most cost-effective. Data on school injury causes are greatly needed.