Quantifying the economic and societal burden of injury can provide physicians and policymakers with comprehensive data to support the development and implementation of broader injury prevention initiatives.

The report breaks down the causes of injury, rates, and costs within each BC health authority, showing where injury prevention efforts in each health authority could have the greatest return on investment.

The purpose of this report is to provide details on the burden of concussion among children and youth in BC as a supplement to the report The Burden of Concussion in British Columbia.

The purpose of this report is to describe the burden of concussion in BC, for the general population, with a focus on children and youth ages 0 to 19 years.

Unintentional poisoning is among the top three causes of death and hospitalization in BC, and is the leading cause of injury among certain populations.

A better understanding of the economic dimensions of major health threats is fundamental to the process of establishing resource allocation priorities.