objectives: to determine the characteristics and etiologies of occupational trauma associated mortality in tabriz megacity, northern iran. methods : in a cross-sectional study, we included all the recorded cases of occupational mortalities referring to tabriz forensic medicine center, labor institute and imam reza and sina hospitals between march 2011 and march 2012. we recorded the demographic...

background trauma constitutes a major public health problem in our country and contributes significantly to unacceptably high morbidity and mortality. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of trauma in dead patients referred to shahid rajaee trauma hospital, shiraz, iran. patients and methods in a cross-sectional study, all patients with trauma admitted to our center were enr...

introduction: toxic mushrooms are distributed across the globe with over 5000 species. among them, 100 species are responsible for most of the cases of mushroom poisoning. this study aimed to evaluate the epidemiologic pattern of mushroom poisoning among patients referred to the main toxicology center of mashhad province located in north-east of iran. method: this cross-sectional study was cond...

abstract introduction: bladder cancer is the most common tumor of the urinary tract and the ninth cancer in terms of incidence in both sexes in the world. bladder cancer is the second most common cancer in men in iran. this study aimed to investigate the trend of death from bladder cancer in iran.materials and methods: this study was conducted by the use of data on mortality in iran during 2006...

conclusions: prevalence rate of h1n1 infection in the study region was higher compared to other part of iran; but, close to the expected rate. the h1n1-associated mortality rate was lower than the reported rates in iran and other parts of the world. background: khuzestan and other parts of iran were involved with influenza a (h1n1) pandemic in 2009. objectives: the aim of this study was to desc...

conclusions the state of santa catarina has reduced the disease burden rates attributed to disability from hepatitis b, but there has been an increase in the burden of premature mortality from 2005 to 2010. objectives to estimate and analyze the burden of hepatitis b in the state of santa catarina, in 2005 - 2010. materials and methods a time-series analysis was conducted using notification dat...

abstract acute diarrhea with severe dehydration has been a major worldwide cause of death in children younger than 5 years of age. etiological studies of gastroenteritis have shown that rotavirus causes 40–50% of acute diarrhea among infants and children in both developing and developed nations. numerous epidemiologic studies in the us and the world health organization have documented the clini...

background and purpose: mortality statistics and rates show the development of a country in the world. these statistics are very important for determining the distribution of risk factors of mortality (in age and gender groups, ethnicity and so on) and they are useful for improving health and preventing from important diseases in future planning of countries in societies. materials and methods:...

conclusions this study showed that drivers, passengers and pedestrians were the most vulnerable road users. regarding the fact that most of them were illiterate or had primary education and were self-employed or laborers, it seems essential to develop plans not only to train the road users but also to evaluate the safety of vehicles and roads and post-accident care programs, and consequently, i...

objective: the maternal mortality ratio is an important health indicator. we presented the distribution and causes of maternal mortality in islamic republic of iran. materials and methods: after provision of an electronic registry system for date entry, a descriptive-retrospective data collection had been performed for all maternal deaths in march 2009- march 2012. all maternal deaths and their...