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Pidemiological features of road traffic accident deaths in Babylon province during the period 2010-2014
Joint Authors
Bayi, Hasan Ulwan
Diya, Bashair
al-shalah, Muhannad A. N.
Source
Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2017), pp.1129-2238, 1110 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
1110
Main Subjects
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Abstract EN
Road Traffic Accidents are the fifth leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
In Iraq, traffic accidents are increasing continuously leading to more fatalities that rank Iraq as a number four in the world.
Objectives: To assess the epidemiological features of fatal RTIs in a time, place, person epidemiologic model and to identify the trend of Road Traffic Injury mortalities in Babylon province during 5 years.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study included a retrospective analysis of the forensic medicine data presented in the records for the period 2010-2014.The time needed to conduct this study from 1st of February to end of May,2015.
After the approval of the study protocol by the local health ethical committees , a structured questionnaire was used to collect data according to the descriptive epidemiologic model (time, place and person).
Results: During the period 2010 – 2014, mortality rates were higher in males than females with male to female ratio of 3.25:1 .
Higher mortality rates reported in the year 2012.
Most mortalities occurred during June, October, November and December.
Most mortalities due to RTIs occurred among unemployed (38.8%) and student (18.0%) that lives in urban areas.
Main roads were most common places for fatal Road Traffic Injuries( RTIs) in Babylon province and represent (72%).
Head injury was the dominant site of injury (33.1%) followed by lower limbs.
The overall proportional mortality ratio of RTIs was (30.8%).
Conclusions: During the period 2010-2014, higher proportion of mortalities reported due to RTIs and the trend of RTI fatalities peaked in 2012 and declined in the next two years.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Diya, Bashair& Bayi, Hasan Ulwan& al-shalah, Muhannad A. N.. 2017. Pidemiological features of road traffic accident deaths in Babylon province during the period 2010-2014. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences،Vol. 25, no. 3, pp.1129-2238.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142464
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Diya, Bashair…[et al.]. Pidemiological features of road traffic accident deaths in Babylon province during the period 2010-2014. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences Vol. 25, no. 3 (2017), pp.1129-2238.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142464
American Medical Association (AMA)
Diya, Bashair& Bayi, Hasan Ulwan& al-shalah, Muhannad A. N.. Pidemiological features of road traffic accident deaths in Babylon province during the period 2010-2014. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences. 2017. Vol. 25, no. 3, pp.1129-2238.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142464
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Text in English ; abstracts in English and Arabic.
Record ID
BIM-1142464