To Study the Socio Demographic Profile of Road Traffic Accident Victims in District Hospital, Karimnagar

Accident represents a major epidemic of non-communicable disease in the present century. World health organization has defined accidents as “an unpremeditated event resulting in recognizable damage” [1]. Road traffic accidents (RTA) are ‘hidden epidemic” which though a priority has received much less attention [2]. Spectrum of accidents are Road traffic accidents, industrial accidents, domestic and peri-domestic, railway accidents, agricultural accident, intentional or suicidal injuries, etc.. But the epidemics of road traffic accidents are leading cause of mortality and morbidity. The alarming increase in mortality and morbidity owing to road traffic accidents has been a matter of great concern globally [3]. Advances made in health & health related sciences have paid with dividends in bringing down the mortality and morbidity due to communicable diseases. This has resulted in longevity of the people. At the same time Globalization has improved the socio economic status of the people resulting in changes in the lifestyle of the people. The longevity of life and changes in the life styles has brought the entire spectrum of non-communicable disease and accidents to the forefront of health care delivery system [4].