review of injuries leading to death in children aged 1to59 months in the area covered by shahid beheshti university of medical sciences from march 2011- march 2013

background and objective: injuries have been identified as one of the most important causes of disability and death in humans, and children are more vulnerable to injuries than adults because of limitations in the detection of risk. the present study aimed to investigate the children aged 1 to 59 months death due to injuries cases in the area covered by the shahid beheshti university of medical sciences. methods and materials : this survey was a cross-sectional and descriptive study conducted during the years 2011 to 2013. in this study all of the children aged 1 to 59 months deaths due to injuries cases that have occurred in the area covered by shahid beheshti university of medical sciences were studied. required data was extracted from registration forms of the child health office of ministry of health and medical education. results : the total number of deaths due to injuries recorded for children aged 1 to 59 month was 103. the most common causes of death were transport accidents, falls, drowning and respiratory obstruction. the highest frequency of death was observed in the children aged 1 to12months (24.3%).more than half of the children who died were boys (54.4%). conclusion: approximately 70% of deaths due to injuries in children aged1to 59 months were due to the four following causes: transport accidents, falls, drowning and respiratory obstruction. all of these causes are preventable, thus, designing interventions in order to reduce children’s deaths is essential and should be considered as a priority by the national health planners. references 1- ramazani a, izadkhah m, gholeenejad b, amirabadizadeh h. epidemiologic study and relationship factors of home injuries in clients to birjand hospital in 2004. j rostamineh. 2010;2(3):71-9. 2- mahram m, derakhshandeh j, jamshidi m, yektaparast m. study of home injuries in clients of health centers and hospitals of zanjan: 1999. scientific j zanjanuniv med sci. 2000;8(33):41-6. 3- jagnoor j, suraweera w, keay l, ivers rq, thakur j, jha p. unintentional injury mortality in india, 2005: nationally representative mortality survey of 1.1 million homes. bmc public health. 2012;12:487. 4- hardelid p, davey j, dattani n, gilbert r. child deaths due to injury in the four uk countries: a time trends study from 1980 to 2010. plos one. 2013;8(7):e68323. 5- schwebel dc, gaines j. pediatric unintentional injury: behavioral risk factors and implications for prevention. j devbehavpediatr. 2007 jun;28(3):245-54. 6- gururaj g. injury prevention and care: an important public health agenda for health, survival and safety of children. indian j pediatr. 2013 mar;80suppl 1:s100-8. 7- sekii h, ohtsu t, shirasawa t, ochiai h, shimizu t, kokaze a. childhood mortality due to unintentional injuries in japan, 2000–2009. int j environ res public health. 2013 feb;10(2):528-40. 8- montazeri z, salari m, malakzadeh j, rostaminejad a. study on the frequency of injuries among children at beheshti hospital in yasujarmaghanedanesh. 2003;8(29):2-8. 9- soori h, naghavi m. childhood deaths from unintentional injuries in rural areas of iran. inj prev. 1998;4(3):222-4. 10- lornejad h, barakati h. report of national child mortality surveilance system - ministry of health and medical education. . tehran: pooneh; 2009. 11- lyra r, silva rdos s, montenegro junior rm, matos mv, cezar nj, fernandes vo, et al. high prevalence of arterial hypertension in a brazilian northeast population of low education and income level, and its association with obesity and metabolic syndrome. rev assoc med bras. 2012 apr;58(2):209-14. 12- soori h. epidemiology of injuries in children presenting to the emergency hospital in ahvaz. jundishapur j med sci. 2002;30(32):1-11. 13- manikashani k, saba m, azimian m. the incidence of injury in elementary school students of hamadan: 1998-1999. scientific j hamadan univ med sci. 2001;8(3):69-73. 14- amirzadeh f, tabatabaiee h. the incidence rate and causes of accidents among the students of shiraz guidance schools. j kerman univ med sci. 2007;14(1):55-60. 15- baez-baez gl, orozco-valerio mde j, davalos-guzman jc, mendez-magana ac, celis a. 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