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Epidemiology of Accidents and Injuries in the City of Lordegan in 2012: A Short Report
M. Soodejani[1], R. Shirani Faradonbeh[2], S.A. Hashemi[3], A. Zahedi[4], A. Dehghani[5]
Received: 25/08/2014 Sent for Revision: 21/09/2014 Received Revised Manuscript: 25/11/2014 Accepted: 01/12/2014
Background and Objective: Accidents and traffic events are the most influential factors in health. Given the importance of this matter, we designed this study to investigate accidents and analyze the data.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Data were collected via recorded inputs in the accident registries in Health Network in 2012 and analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results: In 2012, a total of 913 events were registered which 614 cases (67.3%) were male and the rest of them (32.7 %)were female. Most of events were related to accidents and traffic events (41%), poisoning (18%) and fall (10.1%) respectively, and a total of 55.2% of the accidents had been occurred among persons with the age of 15 to 35.
Conclusion Since, half of the events occurred in the age groups of young and productive population, it should be considered to train them accurately.
Key words: Epidemiology, Accidents and injuries
Funding: This research was funded by Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Yazd University of Medical Sciences approved the study.
How to cite this article: Soodejani M, Shirani Faradonbeh R, Hashemi SA, Zahedi A, Dehghani A. Epidemiology of Accidents and Injuries in the City of Lordegan in 2012. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2014; 13(10): 917-22. [Farsi]
[1]- MSc Student of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Dept. of Epidemiology & Statistics, Shahid Sadooghi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
[2]- BSc of Public Health – Health Center Of Lordegan
[3]- MSc Student of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Dept.of Epidemiology & Statistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz , Iran
[4]- MSc student of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Dept.of Epidemiology & Statistics, Shahid Sadooghi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
[5]-Assistant Prof Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Dept.of Epidemiology & Statistics, Shahid Sadooghi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
(corresponding Author) Tel: (0351) 7241734, Fax: (0351) 7249898, E-mail: adehghani42@yahoo.com
Received: 2014/03/6 | Accepted: 2015/02/14 | Published: 2015/02/14
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