PURPOSE: Adolescence is one of the healthiest periods of life, and therefore mortality from external causes (intentional or unintentional injuries) are the leading cause of death in this age group. However, nonfatal injuries also represent a significant public health burden and a high percentage of them are preventable. To better target prevention efforts, the sociodemographic correlates of medically attended injuries need to be identified. It is well documented that gender, age and socio-cultural status are associated with the occurrence of non-fiatal injuries. METHODS: We analyzed six data sets (2002-2022) from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children Study (HBSC). In all years of data collection, the Hungarian sample is nationally representative of students aged 11-18 years. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted in each year to examine which factors are associated with injury. RESULTS: Boys, younger children and more affluent children have a higher risk of sustaining an injury requiring medical attention. Rurality (type of settlement), family structure, predominantly maternal monitoring and family support were found to be associated with injuries in three of the six data collections. Parental education, predominantly paternal monitoring or type of school did not play a role in the occurrence of injuries according to our data. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for systematic, ongoing school-based injury prevention programs and home safety campaigns. Sports clubs, training teams should also be part of systematic prevention efforts, as it is assumed that many injuries are sport-related (e.g. horse riding, cycling injuries).  Kulcsszavak: medically attended injury, family affluence, parental monitoring, family climate, rurality