OBJECTIVE To use a range of existing information sources to develop a national snapshot of the burden of road traffic injuries in one developing country-Iran. METHODS The distribution of deaths was estimated by using data from the national death registration system, hospital admissions and outpatient visits from a time-limited hospital registry in 12 of 30 provinces, and injuries that receive...

AIM To assess the risk factors, mechanism of injury, and clinical outcome of hospitalized patients with spinal injuries in order to recommend preventive measures. METHODS Patients with spinal injuries admitted to Al Ain Hospital, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for more than 24 h or who died after arrival to the hospital were studied over 3 years. Demography, location and time of injury, affected ...

Data on road traffic accident (RTA) injuries and their outcome are scarce in Pakistan. This study assessed patterns of RTA injuries reported in Rawalpindi city using standard surveillance methods. All RTA injury patients presenting to emergency departments of 3 tertiary care facilities from July 2007 to June 2008 were included. RTA injuries (n = 19 828) accounted for 31.7% of all injuries. Amon...

INTRODUCTION In the city of Belgrade pedestrians are under the high risk to sustain injuries in the road traffic accidents, they are often with multiple injuries, with long-term treatment and significant consequences. Most of them are in the )senior or in the school age group. METHODS We present the results of the epidemiological analysis of the mechanism of injury and treatment outcome of th...

Introduction . Despite the positive trend in recent years, incidence of road traffic injuries and deaths from it remains high, significantly higher than developed countries. The economic significance problem is determined by high level disability among victims, fact that a significant part them are people working age. following factors contribute to occurrence certain outcomes accidents: (behav...

islamic republic of iran, considering specified guidelines in the horizon of the perspective, as pays attention to annually reducing the maximum number of traffic deaths, tries to minimize the rate of traffic fatalities until 2025 horizon. in order to reduce traffic injuries, iranian traffic police ,through preparing resources, inter-organizational coordinations, using modern technologies, usin...