BACKGROUND To plan preventive measures against accident-related injuries, it is important to have detailed epidemiological data on this topic. The aim of this report was to present population-based incidence estimates of injuries due to non-fatal accidents in relation to age, gender and educational level. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional telephone survey from 2003 to 2004 of the residen...

DURING the last 100 years there has been a remarkable fall in child mortality rates. Before 1860, 4 per cent of children who survived their first year died before attaining the age of fifteen, while in the slums the figure was as high as 20 per cent (Office of Health Economics, 1962). The term "The Survival of the Fittest" was more than an aspect of Darwin's new theory of Evolution: it was a ha...

In order to describe the characteristics of traumatic brain injury (TEC) in children seen at the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital from 2004 to 2011, a case study was conducted. 316, 14 year-old minors were included, the median age was 4 ± 3 years old. 63.9% were male. The main causes of TEC were falls (80.1%) and car accidents (10.4%). 42.4% (134/316) occurred in the afternoon. There was a hi...

Using geographic variation in local and state smoke-free bar laws in the US, we observe an increase in fatal accidents involving alcohol following bans on smoking in bars that is not observed in places without bans. Although an increased accident risk might seem surprising at first, two strands of literature on consumer behavior suggest potential explanations — smokers driving longer distances ...

THE DIAGNOSIS AND treatment of head injuries is directed not only to the immediate manifestations of injury but also towards the prevention of sequelae. It is true that the majority of patients ultimately make a complete recovery, although this is often at the cost of prolonged morbidity and occasionally of partial or complete incapacity. About 35,000 individuals are admitted to hospital in the...

This is a cross-sectional study of hospital records of people who were admitted to Rehab Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Taif, Saudi Arabia from 1999– 2005. Eight hundred and fifty records were reviewed. Data were collected on age, sex, nationality, data of admission and discharge and type of disability. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to determine pr...

C O N TE N TS In France today, heart disease and cancer are the most frequent pathologies affecting older adults. Their health can also be suddenly compromised by an unexpected accident. While not lethal in the majority of cases, such accidents can cause bodily injury. Injuries are more difficult to count than deaths (Box 1), but have been monitored more effectively over the last ten years than...

In today's life, every human is in hurry to reach their destination like home, office, college, shopping mall, restaurant, etc as quickly as possible. To reach their destination quickly people use vehicles on road use and drive them in faster mode which results in road accidents. Driver behavior is a major cause for the road accidents. To address this problem, drive behavior analysis and predic...