Epidemiology of Domestic Accidents

[Epidemiology of accidents in children].

Childhood accidents: epidemiology, trends, and prevention.

Accidents are the most common cause of death in children over one year of age. Prevention remains a high priority. We have reviewed the current epidemiology of childhood accidents and their prevention, and made recommendations for the future. In 1992, 559 children died in United Kingdom as a result of an accidents--240 from road traffic accidents and 100 from burns and scalds. Every year 50 chi...

Burns in the domestic environment: characteristics and circumstances of accidents.

This study characterizes burn accidents in the domestic environment and identifies the circumstances of accidents affecting children, adults or elderly people who need supervision or care. Demographic data and burn characteristics of 61 domestic environment burn victims were collected. The family members of 13 children and one aged adult, who needed supervision or special care, were selected to...

[Sleeping disorders and injury prevention of occupational or domestic accidents].

Obstructive sleep apnoeas affect a significant proportion of the middle-aged population. They are due to the closure of upper airways during sleep and cause fragmented sleep, which leads to excessive daily drowsiness. Sleepiness due to apnoea is acknowledged by 10 to 30% of subjects in epidemiological surveys. It impairs vigilance, and therefore represents a risk factor for traffic, domestic an...

Urbanization and domestic accidents in an Iranian community

Background: Accidents, such as domestic accidents, and the resulting injuries are presently a matter of concern in communities. Some factors such as urbanization cause an increase in the incidence of accidents for recognized and unrecognized reasons. The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of domestic accidents among a group of families who had migrated to the determined u...