Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017
Background: The World Health Organization considers unintentional injuries (UI) as an international public health problem, due to their effect on disability and mortality in the general population. Objective: Present and analyze the data on UI and accidental death collected by the National Instit...
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| author | Quintero-Vanegas, Santiago Martínez, Diana C. García, Juan Fernando Vásquez-Guarín, Catalina Vargas-Alzate, Carlos Andrés Vallejo-Bocanumen, Carlos Eduardo |
| author_facet | Quintero-Vanegas, Santiago Martínez, Diana C. García, Juan Fernando Vásquez-Guarín, Catalina Vargas-Alzate, Carlos Andrés Vallejo-Bocanumen, Carlos Eduardo |
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| description | Background: The World Health Organization considers unintentional injuries (UI) as an international public health problem, due to their effect on disability and mortality in the general population.
Objective: Present and analyze the data on UI and accidental death collected by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia, between 2016 and 2017.
Methods: Descriptive study based on the information collected by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. The rates of injuries and deaths per 100,000 inhabitants / year were calculated, and the statistical analysis was made using SPSS® version 24.0.
Results: In the years 2016 and 2017, there was a morbidity rate of UI of 7.86 and 7.21 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively, similar to the national average. The number of cases was greater in men than in women, mainly between 18 and 34 years of age. The reported accidental mortality rate was 10.10 and 11.05 per 100,000 inhabitants for the years 2016 and 2017, respectively. The UI were more frequent in people with low educational level, from the urban area, and the most frequent traumatic mechanism was the blunt one.
Conclusions: This study shows a reduction in the rates of UI and an increase of the rates of accidental death in Antioquia compared to the previous years. This trend is different to the previously reported on international literature. More studies analyzing other sources of information on variables like UI are needed in this field, in order to precisely estimate the occurrence of this event and its associated variables. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bd8ba7de4c64766b1eaf7e52944b3a22022-12-22T03:30:48ZspaUniversidad de AntioquiaIatreia0121-07932011-79652022-10-0135439540310.17533/10.17533/udea.iatreia.15142518Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017Quintero-Vanegas, Santiago0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0829-2090Martínez, Diana C.1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-5629García, Juan Fernando 2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5222-6664Vásquez-Guarín, Catalina3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-2895Vargas-Alzate, Carlos Andrés4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9723-3278Vallejo-Bocanumen, Carlos Eduardo5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5677-8557Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, ColombiaUniversidad de Antioquia, Medellín, ColombiaUniversidad de Antioquia, Medellín, ColombiaInstituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias ForensesUniversidad de Antioquia, Medellín, ColombiaUniversidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia Background: The World Health Organization considers unintentional injuries (UI) as an international public health problem, due to their effect on disability and mortality in the general population. Objective: Present and analyze the data on UI and accidental death collected by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia, between 2016 and 2017. Methods: Descriptive study based on the information collected by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. The rates of injuries and deaths per 100,000 inhabitants / year were calculated, and the statistical analysis was made using SPSS® version 24.0. Results: In the years 2016 and 2017, there was a morbidity rate of UI of 7.86 and 7.21 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively, similar to the national average. The number of cases was greater in men than in women, mainly between 18 and 34 years of age. The reported accidental mortality rate was 10.10 and 11.05 per 100,000 inhabitants for the years 2016 and 2017, respectively. The UI were more frequent in people with low educational level, from the urban area, and the most frequent traumatic mechanism was the blunt one. Conclusions: This study shows a reduction in the rates of UI and an increase of the rates of accidental death in Antioquia compared to the previous years. This trend is different to the previously reported on international literature. More studies analyzing other sources of information on variables like UI are needed in this field, in order to precisely estimate the occurrence of this event and its associated variables.accidentsdeathdisabled persons |
| spellingShingle | Quintero-Vanegas, Santiago Martínez, Diana C. García, Juan Fernando Vásquez-Guarín, Catalina Vargas-Alzate, Carlos Andrés Vallejo-Bocanumen, Carlos Eduardo Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017 Iatreia accidents death disabled persons |
| title | Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017 |
| title_full | Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017 |
| title_fullStr | Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017 |
| title_short | Unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of Antioquia - Colombia. An observational descriptive study, 2016 – 2017 |
| title_sort | unintentional injuries and deaths in the department of antioquia colombia an observational descriptive study 2016 2017 |
| topic | accidents death disabled persons |
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