An Epidemiological Study of Accidents in Teheran Iran
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| Title | An Epidemiological Study of Accidents in Teheran Iran |
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| Abstract | In order to study the epidemiology of accidents in Tehran City, the author has collected and analysed records of more than 25,000 accident cases for the period 1960-61 from all available sources such as newspaper rapportages,nine major hospitals of Tehran, Forensic Medicine Department of Ministry of Justice, Vital Statistics Department of Ministry of Health, Labors´ Insurance Organization, etc. Approximately 1400 deaths and 17000 severe injuries are accident-induced annually in Tehran and accidents are in the sixth place, as causes of death (=6.7%). They rank first as the pause of deaths for the age group 5-45 years (=23.8%) and fourth for the age group 1-44. (=9. 6%). The distribution of accident types is as follows:- The distribution of accident types is as follows:-1. Motor vehicle accidents 27/8%2. Other transport accidents 3.7%3. Drowning 19.6%4. Falls and builidng collapses 16.8%5. Burns (all sorts) 12.4%6. Poisoning 8.8%7. Accident caused by electricity 2.6%8.all other accident 8.3%Various epidemiological aspects of these accidents and an analysisof fights, suicides and murders are given in the body of the paper |
| Publisher | Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
| Date | 2012-10-20 |
| Source | Acta Medica Iranica Vol 6, No 1-3 (1963) |