The Epidemiological Profile of Injuries in Children up to 59 Months Old in Kermanshah Province in 2015

Introduction: Injuries have always been among the main factors threateninghuman life and health, and children are one of the vulnerable population groupsin this field. The aim of this study is to survey incident and examine thedistribution of injuries in children up to 59 months old in KermanshahProvince in 2015.Methods: This survey is a cross-sectional study, gathering its data from HealthVice-presidency of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. It covers all theinjured whose reason of injury was referring to private and public hospitals underthe supervision of Health Vice-presidency of Kermanshah University of MedicalSciences, during 2015. Data was collected from the injury software package ofMinistry of Health. All registered individuals in this software were included inthe study. In addition, all the injuries, including electric shock, road trafficaccidents, animal attacks, violence, fall, burn, hit, scorpion and snake sting,drowning, poisoning were entered in our research.Results: The number of injuries in children was 3499 cases: 2216 (63.3%) boysand 1283 (36.7%) girls. Incidence of injuries was 23.3 cases per 1000 childrenaged 0-59 months old. The highest frequency of injuries was in children aged 0 to11 months (42%) and majority of them occurred at home (58.5%). Most of theinjuries were in summer (especially in September). The most common causes ofinjuries included fall (52.7%), road traffic injuries (29.6%), and poisoning(14.1%).Conclusion: In the present study, the most frequent injury was falling at home.It is important to make the home a safe environment for children.

Keywords:

Injury , children , epidemiology , cross sectional , Kermanshah