An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan Province
Background and objectives : Accidents and injuries are the leading causes of avoidable illness and death in most of the countries in the world. For health policymakers, it is essential to have knowledge about the occurrence of accidents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of acciden...
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doaj-33e47d14b613485b8ed90e66397ed32d2020-11-25T03:26:38ZfasTabriz University of Medical SciencesTaṣvīr-i salāmat2008-90582423-66402016-09-01725056DOH_181_20170124080824An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan ProvinceSalman Khazaei0Sakineh Mazharmanesh1Razieh Mirmoeini2Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranDepartment of Health Services, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranDepartment of Health Services, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranBackground and objectives : Accidents and injuries are the leading causes of avoidable illness and death in most of the countries in the world. For health policymakers, it is essential to have knowledge about the occurrence of accidents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of accidents in children under 5 years of age referring to emergency departments in Hamadan province. Material and Methods: This is a retrospective study that all under 5 years of age patients referred to hospitals in Hamadan province were enrolled in the study during 2009 to 2014. Data were extracted from injury register software and by using descriptive and analytic statistics, data were analyzed with STATA software version 12 at the level of error less than 5%. Results: A total of 7409 under 5 years of age patients were registered during this period. 70.4% were male and 38.97% of them were under 1 year old. Home accidents included 45.07% of the accidents. Car accidents (27.89%), hit (22.16%) and fall (16.79%) were the most occurred accidents in both sexes. Conclusion: Due to the high incidence of accidents at home and roads, necessary precautions should be taken in this regardhttps://doh.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/doh-157.pdfepidemiologychildinjuryaccident |
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Salman Khazaei Sakineh Mazharmanesh Razieh Mirmoeini An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan Province Taṣvīr-i salāmat epidemiology child injury accident |
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Salman Khazaei Sakineh Mazharmanesh Razieh Mirmoeini |
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Salman Khazaei |
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An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan Province |
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An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan Province |
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An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan Province |
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An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan Province |
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An Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Accidents Among under 5 Years of Age Referred to Emergency Hospital Units in Hamadan Province |
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epidemiological study on the incidence of accidents among under 5 years of age referred to emergency hospital units in hamadan province |
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences |
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Taṣvīr-i salāmat |
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2008-9058 2423-6640 |
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2016-09-01 |
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Background and objectives : Accidents and injuries are the leading causes of avoidable illness and death in most of the countries in the world. For health policymakers, it is essential to have knowledge about the occurrence of accidents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of accidents in children under 5 years of age referring to emergency departments in Hamadan province. Material and Methods: This is a retrospective study that all under 5 years of age patients referred to hospitals in Hamadan province were enrolled in the study during 2009 to 2014. Data were extracted from injury register software and by using descriptive and analytic statistics, data were analyzed with STATA software version 12 at the level of error less than 5%. Results: A total of 7409 under 5 years of age patients were registered during this period. 70.4% were male and 38.97% of them were under 1 year old. Home accidents included 45.07% of the accidents. Car accidents (27.89%), hit (22.16%) and fall (16.79%) were the most occurred accidents in both sexes. Conclusion: Due to the high incidence of accidents at home and roads, necessary precautions should be taken in this regard |
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epidemiology child injury accident |
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