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]
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