June 2008: Boating Related Injuries

Between June and September, there was an average of 28 hospitalizations per month associated with boating. Most injuries occurred on-board a watercraft.

Learn more about boating related injuries in June’s Ontario Injury Compass

The June issue of Compass is part of a series of e-reports produced by the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre. Each report focuses on a single injury issue and provides Ontario data broken down by age, sex and region.

Each report also includes prevention tips and a list of additional resources pertaining to the injury topic.

Download the report (in PDF format) or sign up via email at compass@oninjuryresources.ca to automatically receive the reports by email each month.