Injuries caused by traffic accidents cause many deaths and disabilities children. Road traffic injuries are the main cause of death between the ages of 15 and 19 years and is the second cause of death among 5 to 14 year olds. Children's attitudes about driving and safe use of roads formed in 11 years. Road traffic injuries is one of the five cause of disability among children. Most victims betw...

Globally, poorer population groups bear a disproportionate burden of avoidable morbidity and mortality from road traffic injuries. The distribution of road traffic injuries is generally influenced by socioeconomic factors. Poor countries bear a disproportionate burden of injuries and fatalities, and within countries, poor people account for a disproportionate portion of the ill health due to ro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the severity of sports injuries in relation to the severity of injuries due to other causes and in relation to type of sport, using generally applied measures of injury severity. SUBJECTS A total of 12403 patients, 4-50 years old, who were treated in the trauma department of the Groningen University Hospital for a sports injury, from January 1990 until January 1997. ME...

objective: road traffic injuries (rtis) are the second leading causes of death in iran. one of the most important steps in the prevention of traffic-related trauma and its consequences is gaining insight into the epidemiology of injuries. we conducted this study to describe the characteristics of rtis and to find strategies for its prevention. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional stu...

conclusions our findings reveal that there are temporal variations in traffic accidents, and long holidays significantly influence accident rates. traffic injuries have different patterns on outer/inner city roads, based on weekday and holiday status. thus, these findings could be used to create effective initiatives aimed at traffic management. materials and methods all road traffic accidents ...

Data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2010-2011. In 2010-2011, the emergency department (ED) visit rate for motor vehicle traffic injuries was highest among persons aged 16-24 years. The rates declined with age after 16-24, with rates for those aged 0-15 similar to those 65 and over. The overall ED visit rate for motor vehicle traffic injuries was higher among non-Hisp...

conclusions due to more sophisticated diagnostic tools and surgical approaches, mortality and morbidity of blunt aortic injuries were significantly reduced over the years compared to thoracic endovascular aortic repair and or over two different time periods. objectives the aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the mortality and morbidity with either treatment option. therefor...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine the extent of death and injuries among the 0-17 years of age group recorded in the official road traffic injury statistics. METHODS This is a record-based study covering a 5-year-period (2003-2007) using the annual records of national road traffic injury statistics in Turkey. RESULTS The 0-17 age group accounted for 10.9% of deaths and 20.1% of injurie...

Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa--the countries known as BRICS--are currently undergoing a deep epidemiological transition that is mainly driven by rapid economic growth and technological change. The changes being observed in the distribution of the burden of diseases and injuries--such as recent increases in the incidence of road traffic injuries--are matters of co...