background trauma constitutes a major public health problem in our country and contributes significantly to unacceptably high morbidity and mortality. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of trauma in dead patients referred to shahid rajaee trauma hospital, shiraz, iran. patients and methods in a cross-sectional study, all patients with trauma admitted to our center were enr...

the aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (rta) in fars province, southern iran.the age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to rta from 2004 to 2010 in fars province was calculated using world standard population. we also used linear regression and chi-squared tests.over the period of study (7 years), 12954 people died in rta. the ag...

iran has had incremental incidence of traffic accident mortality since introduction of mechanization about a century ago. but the newest data from iran show decrease in the absolute number of deaths, death per 10,000 vehicles and death per 100, 000 populations. despite its huge impact on health and economy, research in the field of traffic crashes is still scant and there are still deficiencies...

objective: to investigate trend and seasonal pattern of occurrence and mortality of motorcycle accidents in patients referred to hospitals of isfahan. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out using traffic accidents data of isfahan province, extracted from ministry of health (moh) database from 2006 to 2010. during the study period, 83648 people injured due to motorcycle traffic acci...

 Introduction: Causes of death vary globally, and they depend regionally on lifestyle and socio-cultural factors. The purpose of this study was to determine accident-related mortality in Southern Khorasan Province, Iran, in the year 2010.  Methods: This descriptive-analytical study involved all the death cases in the year 2010 in Southern Khorasan. The data were collected from the death regi...

introduction: causes of death vary globally, and they depend regionally on lifestyle and socio-cultural factors. the purpose of this study was to determine accident-related mortality in southern khorasan province, iran, in the year 2010.  methods: this descriptive-analytical study involved all the death cases in the year 2010 in southern khorasan. the data were collected from the death registra...

Background and aims: Although accident is the secondary cause of mortality in Iran, information on the occurrence and mortality are not wholly understood. The study aimed to explore seasonal occurrence and mortality pattern of traffic accidents in Isfahan population, Iran. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional. The data on traffic accidents of Isfahan Province was extracted from the Minist...