Epidemiol Prev
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This study analyzes the causes of domestic accidents in children (age <15) living in the Local Social Sanitary Unit of Padua (Ulss). ME Italy, with regard to the circumstances of the accident and the socioeconomic level of the family. ⋯ The incidence of the Ulss of Padua is higher than the national incidence: the gap is limited to pre-school age for which the incidence of Padua, age-standardized on Italian population and extrapolated for three months, is 18.8% per hundred while tri-monthly national incidence is 11.7% per hundred. No differences in rates were noticed in school age (6.5% per hundred for Padua vs. 6.4% per hundred for Italy). Findings regarding the circumstances of injuries are consistent with other surveys carried out in Italy and elsewhere. No particular causing factor of accidents emerged. However, the avoidability of accidents attributable to the adult's behaviour is to be noticed.