24th (final) report of the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System: 2000, 2001 and 2002 data

This is the 24th and final Report of the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System (HASS). The report includes statistics for accidents that have happened in the home and at leisure in the UK where the victim has sought treatment at a hospital during 2000, 2001 and 2002. This report will provide you with: -Background information on HASS -Data on home and leisure accidents in the UK where patients have attended hospital accident and emergency departments in 2000, 2001 and 2002. The data was gathered by interviewing patients at A & E units in a representative sample of up to 18 hospitals across the UK. In 2000, for example, over 300,000 cases were recorded. These sample cases give us a clear picture of the nature of the estimated five and a half million home and leisure accidents annually in the UK that caused people to seek hospital treatment.