Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016
Introduction: injuries as one of the main concerns of public health and social problem affect a wide range of population particularly in countries with low and middle incomes. In the present study, we aimed to describe the epidemiology of different types of injuries occurring in Kermanshah province,...
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| author | Malihe Khoramdad Mohammad Reza bayat Nahid Khademi Vida Saniee Yousef Alimohamadi |
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| description | Introduction: injuries as one of the main concerns of public health and social problem affect a wide range of population particularly in countries with low and middle incomes. In the present study, we aimed to describe the epidemiology of different types of injuries occurring in Kermanshah province, Iran, with an enormous sample size in 2015-2016.
Methods: in this cross-sectional study we gathered the data from Health Vice-presidency of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. In order to widen the study, we incorporated the subjects with a wide spectrum of injury types including Road Traffic Injury (RTI), burns, poisoning, drowning, suicide, animal bite, trauma, and violence. The subjects were taken from 20 distinct hospitals of 12 cities of Kermanshah province.
Results: our data showed a total number of injuries to be 65,428 from March 2015 to March 2016 (65.4% male and 34.6% female).The average of total injured people was 29.20±18.9(28.7±18.9 in men and 30±18.9 in women). We showed that individuals of 15-29 and 30-44 years old were the most vulnerable sectors in both male and female groups. The majority of injuries were due to road traffic and fall in men and female, respectively. The most and least frequent injuries occurred in Kermanshah and Gilan-e-Qarb cities, respectively.
Conclusion: it was demonstrated in our study that age, gender, culture, and city are the factors determining the injury patterns. Therefore, these items can be regarded as the high-risk factors which may be integrated into the plans for preventing the possible injuries in health policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fb68300d9d444e0952d1d822eb702ec2022-12-21T20:17:14ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology2383-41962383-420X2019-11-015110.18502/jbe.v5i1.1905Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016Malihe Khoramdad0Mohammad Reza bayat1Nahid Khademi2Vida Saniee3Yousef Alimohamadi4Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranFaculty of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranFaculty of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranFaculty of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIntroduction: injuries as one of the main concerns of public health and social problem affect a wide range of population particularly in countries with low and middle incomes. In the present study, we aimed to describe the epidemiology of different types of injuries occurring in Kermanshah province, Iran, with an enormous sample size in 2015-2016. Methods: in this cross-sectional study we gathered the data from Health Vice-presidency of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. In order to widen the study, we incorporated the subjects with a wide spectrum of injury types including Road Traffic Injury (RTI), burns, poisoning, drowning, suicide, animal bite, trauma, and violence. The subjects were taken from 20 distinct hospitals of 12 cities of Kermanshah province. Results: our data showed a total number of injuries to be 65,428 from March 2015 to March 2016 (65.4% male and 34.6% female).The average of total injured people was 29.20±18.9(28.7±18.9 in men and 30±18.9 in women). We showed that individuals of 15-29 and 30-44 years old were the most vulnerable sectors in both male and female groups. The majority of injuries were due to road traffic and fall in men and female, respectively. The most and least frequent injuries occurred in Kermanshah and Gilan-e-Qarb cities, respectively. Conclusion: it was demonstrated in our study that age, gender, culture, and city are the factors determining the injury patterns. Therefore, these items can be regarded as the high-risk factors which may be integrated into the plans for preventing the possible injuries in health policies.https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/view/261InjuryKermanshahIran |
| spellingShingle | Malihe Khoramdad Mohammad Reza bayat Nahid Khademi Vida Saniee Yousef Alimohamadi Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016 Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Injury Kermanshah Iran |
| title | Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016 |
| title_full | Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016 |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016 |
| title_short | Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016 |
| title_sort | epidemiological profile of injury in kermanshah in 2015 2016 |
| topic | Injury Kermanshah Iran |
| url | https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/view/261 |
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