Injury surveillance at the 1985 National XXXX Scout Jamboree.

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Few studies have examined the rate of @entity130 for those attending summer camps and other recreational facilities. We developed a surveillance system for the 1985 National @entity1 Scout Jamboree to determine the incidence, nature, and cause of @entity130 among @entity1 . To characterize the more severe @entity130 among scouts, we monitored referral visits to an onsite Army hospital. During the 9 day event there was a total of 179 @entity130 requiring referral visits among the 24,885 scouts, for an overall incidence of 8.5 @entity130 per 10,000 @entity1 -days. Twenty-eight @entity130 (16%) involved @entity174 . Ten @entity130 required hospitalization, for an overall rate of 0.5 per 10,000 @entity1 -days. Thirty-six (20%) of the @entity130 occurred during six organized athletic activities. Of these six, two new Jamboree activities, the bucking bronco and bicycle motocross racing, had the highest event-specific rates, 14.4 and 11.4 @entity130 per 10,000 @entity1 , respectively. These two events also accounted for one-third of all @entity174 . In contrast, there were no firearm-related @entity130 among the 32,616 @entity1 in riflery events. This simple and inexpensive surveillance system provided a mechanism for monitoring activity modifications, as well as useful information for the selection and planning of organized activities at future Jamborees and similar recreational events.
